WhatsApp’s many features include View Once, so if you had an image or video that you wanted to share, but didn’t want hanging around, it would vanish after a single view. Only it turns out it wasn’t working quite as it should. Now, it seems it’s been fixed—but only with the latest update.

If you chat on WhatsApp using an iPhone it's vital you check that you have the very latest version downloaded. The Meta-owned messaging service has just released an update which fixes a worrying privacy flaw that could allow friends and contacts to access photos that were meant to disappear after being viewed.

WhatsApp might soon expand its multi-account feature by enabling several phone numbers on the same iPhone device.

WhatsApp has fixed a privacy flaw in its View Once feature for iOS, which allowed users to access supposedly disappearing media.

WhatsApp has released version 25.2.3 for iOS devices to patch a significant privacy vulnerability that affected its "View Once" feature.

In August 2021, the end-to-end encryption messaging app, WhatsApp launched the 'View Once' function for images and videos, then in