After Twitter, WhatsApp testing 'edit' feature for messages

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Messaging platforms seem to be getting into "edit" mode. WhatsApp is reportedly testing a way to let users edit messages after they have been sent. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform will allow a message to be edited up to 15 minutes after it has been sent.

WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.22.14: what's new?

• WhatsApp is working on adding a label if the message has been edited, for a future update of the app.
• 15 minutes will be available to edit a message.
• The notification bug is still not fixed.https://t.co/L9htkpKibVpic.twitter.com/FakoOf7Psh

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Since this feature is still under development, there is no planned release date yet.

Recently, the microblogging site Twitter rolled out the much-requested edit button to allow users to modify their tweets. The edit option is only available to Twitter Blue subscribers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand and will be offered to Twitter Blue subscribers in the US soon.

In other news, the Supreme Court of India dismissed petitions by Meta and WhatsApp against a probe by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

The Supreme Court said that the CCI was an independent authority, and cannot be restrained from investigating alleged violations of the Competition Act.