Several specialized newspapers and sites resumed the news explaining that the messaging app is ready to send a third shutter that would report if someone has made a screenshot of the message or chat. At the moment, however, this function did not appear in the beta version of WhatsApp. Not only that, the fake news has been circulating for years and has been denied several times.
One will not arrive Third blue check On WhatsApp. For years it has been announced first and then denied, also this time It is a hoax. Several specialized techs and sites have resumed the news explaining that the messaging app is ready to launch a third check Which would signal if someone has made a screenshot of the message or chat. At the moment, however, this function did not appear in the beta version of WhatsApp. Not only that, the same news had circulated in 2020 and 2021 and Wabetainfo, a portal specialized on the messaging app, had denied the launch of a third blue check. Several times on X he wrote: “Whatsapp will not implement the function of notification of the screenshots with three blue draws! It’s a FakeNews”
The hoax has taken for Two reasons. The first is that it is anchored to one works already present On WhatsApp, the tick. The gray one to indicate that the message was received, the blue one instead that it has been read. The third, according to fake news, follows this scheme and would serve to report when someone took a screenshot. And here is the second hook that leverages the expectations. For some time, users have been waiting for a function that allows you to know when someone acquires an image from our chat, but that moment has not yet arrived. The only active function dedicated to screenshots is The blocked screen acquisition which prevents you from photographing the profile images of contacts, a way to protect users from identity thefts.
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You will not be the third blue check, the messaging app at the moment He is working on other functions. Among these, the event option for single chats. Wabetainfo discovered it thanks to the last update WhatsApp Beta for iOS 25.2.10.73available on Testflight. So far the option could only be used in group chats. Now, however, it will be possible to set appointmentsmemorandum and share the details of the event directly in the individual chat.
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“This update expands the planning features in addition to group chats, allowing users to organize personal appointments and reminders directly within individual conversations,” explained Wabininfo. It seems that with the new event function for single chats it will also be possible to add a location For meetings in person or connect the event to a video or audio call for virtual meetings. Finally, the recipients will be able to accept or refuse the event, simplifying communication between two people.
