If you’ve ever sent a drunk or mistaken text over WhatsApp then you’ll be glad the service is considering a new option to correct poor life decisions. Mashable reports that WhatsApp is testing a feature that will allow you to revoke a message once it has been sent. Twitter account @WABetaInfo, that regularly tracks new WhatsApp features, discovered the addition in recent beta copies of WhatsApp.
This could save WhatsApp users a lot of embarrassment. A double tick indicates a message has been delivered (possibly with a notification) but not read, and it’s unlikely WhatsApp users will be able to revoke these messages if they’ve generated a notification on a recipient device.
WhatsApp also appears to be testing a new live location tracking feature, allowing users to track friends in a group in real-time. That could make it a lot easier to meet up with friends. Fortunately, the Live Location Tracking won’t run in the background all the time. Instead, the new addition will be an opt-in feature, with users able to activate the service in either one-, two- or five-minute intervals.
This should allow you to share your location at times that suit you without compromising your privacy when you’d rather stay hidden. WhatsApp is also expected to disable the Live Location Tracking feature by default, so you're not sharing your location with strangers without realising it.
WhatsApp could decide not to ship these features, as they’re part of a beta test, but a revoke message feature would certainly be a welcome addition to the messaging service.