The new Telegram update allows you to delete messages

Who hasn't had that experience of sending a message to the wrong person? Many of us deleted the message from our phone, with the illusion that, by magic, it would also be deleted on the recipient's mobile… But we all know that it is not, that this is impossible. Or not? As it has accustomed us since it appeared in the app stores, Telegram takes the lead in juicy news for the user and implements the possibility of delete the messages that you have sent in the receiver's terminal.No, it's not an innocent. Magic? Neither. She keeps reading and you will find out everything.

Goodbye to inopportune messages

The Telegram instant messaging application has just been updated to version 3.16 and has some of the new features most awaited by all users, such as the possibility to delete messages already sent. Goodbye to angry messages that are sent with the anger of the moment, goodbye to messages sent to the least indicated person, goodbye, in short, to embarrassing yourself.

This option that is already available in the new version 3.16 of the app allows you to delete all the messages sent within a maximum period of 48 hours Of course, the application does not guarantee that the user will not read it from the moment you send it until it arrives, so you'll have to be quick to delete it.In old versions, Telegram already gave the option to edit the messages that had been sent during the first 48 hours, but the user was conveniently warned of said edition. It was even possible to delete some messages, although only those that were shared through the modality that brought Telegram to Snapchat, the secret chats, in which messages self-destructed.

More news from Telegram update 3.16

Not only deletion of messages lives the update of Telegram. We leave you with the complete list so you can decide if it is worth installing it on your mobile or continuing with its main competitor, Instagram:

• Network usage in settings “Data and storage”
• The app remembers the last position within the chat in which you were talking
• All messages from the same sender will be regrouped
• The date will now be displayed from a floating button at the top of the chat
• You can report as spam any message sent within any secret chat
• Gifs can be sent directly from the new keyboard of Google Gboard
• Quick actions with a single tap, available starting with Android Nougat 7.1

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And Whatsapp, when?

A few weeks ago two weeksas a beta version of the Whatsapp application was leaked for the iPhone, specifically the iOS 2.17.1.869, and the screenshots spoke for themselves: a message appeared stating that the user had »revoked»the message, so we can deduce that, shortly, a version of WhatsApp could appear that would give us the opportunity to delete messages already sent and thus avoid unnecessary scares.

How about Telegram making it easier to deleting messages ? Leave us your opinions in the comments section.