WhatsApp’s many features include View Once, so if you had an image or video that you wanted to share, but didn’t want hanging around, it would vanish after a single view. Only it turns out it wasn’t working quite as it should. Now, it seems it’s been fixed—but only with the latest update.

WhatsApp might soon expand its multi-account feature by enabling several phone numbers on the same iPhone device.

WhatsApp has fixed a privacy flaw in its View Once feature for iOS, which allowed users to access supposedly disappearing media.

WhatsApp has released version 25.2.3 for iOS devices to patch a significant privacy vulnerability that affected its "View Once" feature.

In August 2021, the end-to-end encryption messaging app, WhatsApp launched the 'View Once' function for images and videos, then in

WhatsApp introduced its 'View Once' feature for photos and videos in August 2021, later expanding it to voice messages in December 2023. To activate this feature for any media, users must tap the '1' icon before sending.