Not just 7 minutes, now you have over an hour to delete your WhatsApp message

New Delhi: WhatsApp Messenger has updated its ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature letting users delete their sent messages within 4096 seconds or 68 minutes and 16 seconds as compared to its earlier deadline of 420 seconds or seven minutes.

The popular Internet-based messaging service had rolled out the ‘Delete for Everyone’ in November last year.

Deleting messages for everyone allows you to delete specific messages you have sent to either a group or an individual chat.

First spotted by WABetaInfo, the WhatsApp update tracking site, the extended deadline is live for WhatsApp Android beta version 2.18.69. A stable release for Android and iOS is expected to follow soon.

Curently only WhatsApp Android beta testers can make use of the the extended deadline for ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature.

Last month, WhatsApp had rolled out a new feature allowing YouTube videos directly inside the messaging app. YouTube clip will play inside a small floating window inside your WhatsApp screen. The new feature is available only for iOS users. There is no news as to when the feature will come to Android or Windows users. To view a YouTube video on WhatsApp, users simply have to share or receive the URL in a chat and they will see the play button in a bubble.

Earlier, when users clicked on the link, the YouTube video would open in YouTube app installed on the smartphones.