WhatsApp Update to Allow Users to Download Old Files in Chat
16 April 2018 21:22 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - WhatsApp will launch an update that allows users to download old files in chat, even if they have been deleted from the users' local storage, as reported by the Business Today, April 16.
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According to a report from WAbetainfo, the new feature will be added via WhatsApp update between versions 2.18.106 and 2.18.110. It will allow users to download old files in chat even after it has been deleted from the user's local storage.
WhatsApp will store files on the user's server for a longer time. Previously, WhatsApp lets the file recipients to download within 30 days.
The Gizbot page explains that the WhatsApp update will let users download images and videos. Users can download them from the messages sent two months earlier. The update will be launched for iOS in the near future.
MOH KHORY ALFARIZI
