Facebook has released the "unsend" feature on its messaging app Messenger that would allow users to delete messages from the chat-thread within 10 minutes of sending it.
Facebook says the new feature will be available today on the latest versions of Messenger for iOS and Android. The company says the new ability is based on the Zuckerberg power, but it underwent 'some improvements to provide broader functionality to people using Messenger'.
Just like the "unsend" feature on WhatsApp, the function would give users two choices – "remove for everyone" and "remove for you" – on Messenger as well.
The "remove for everyone" choice would replace the deleted message notifying others on the chat that the message has been removed. This is something users are able to do on WhatsApp for sometime now.
Facebook owned photo-messaging app Instagram already supports the “Unsend” capability and allows users to delete a sent message for all participants in the personal or group chat.
The unsend feature could help a lot of users undo any mistakes that are made on the platform, especially if any message that was sent carries something which wasn’t meant to go through.
Interestingly, the unsend feature was introduced, after a few users saw that Mark Zuckerberg was able to delete messages from his account, but not others.
Facebook already added a feature like this on WhatsApp, where you can delete messages sent for you and everyone else who has received it.
(With IANS inputs)
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