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WhatsApp to test view-once option for text messages on Android

Summary by WABetaInfo
WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will let users send text messages with the view-once option, making them disappear after the recipient reads them. The update will introduce a more private way to share temporary messages directly within the conversation. The feature will also prevent these messages from being copied, forwarded, or saved […]

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WhatsApp apparently plans to extend its one-time view function. In the future, text messages could only be read once.

·Berlin, Germany
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On Whatsapp you will soon be able to send texts that disappear immediately after the one-time reading – and cannot be retained or distributed. Blurred spoiler messages are also in the works. read more on t3n.de

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WABetaInfo broke the news on Thursday, June 4, 2026.
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