BlackBerry has announced a new update is coming to BBM, with a couple of privacy and control-focused features in line.
The company has incorporated some features already existent to some instant messaging services like Snapchat.
With the timer, you will be able to control how long your messages and pictures can be viewed within BBM. Before you send some text or a photo, all you need to do is hit a little timer icon and select how long you wish it to be visible for. The recipient won’t be able to see the content until they touch and hold on the chat message – then they will only be able to see it for the duration of the timer. It will also disappear if they take their finger off the screen.
The feature, which is in beta, is only available to a limited number of devices for now, though it will be arriving with the public BBM 2.5 release for Android and iOS “very, very soon,” as well as BlackBerry 10.
Another feature that’s also currently in limited beta is message retraction.
You can simply press and hold the message you wish to remove, and it will be gone forever – though this will only work for written messages, not photos. And it won’t work in group chats, only in one-to-one chats.
The new privacy and control features while nice, are far from fool-proof. Anyone can still take a screenshot or photo, or otherwise make a copy of a message before your retractions and timed deletions can take effect.
These features will be landing for all mobile users shortly.
The company has incorporated some features already existent to some instant messaging services like Snapchat.
With the timer, you will be able to control how long your messages and pictures can be viewed within BBM. Before you send some text or a photo, all you need to do is hit a little timer icon and select how long you wish it to be visible for. The recipient won’t be able to see the content until they touch and hold on the chat message – then they will only be able to see it for the duration of the timer. It will also disappear if they take their finger off the screen.
The feature, which is in beta, is only available to a limited number of devices for now, though it will be arriving with the public BBM 2.5 release for Android and iOS “very, very soon,” as well as BlackBerry 10.
Another feature that’s also currently in limited beta is message retraction.
You can simply press and hold the message you wish to remove, and it will be gone forever – though this will only work for written messages, not photos. And it won’t work in group chats, only in one-to-one chats.
The new privacy and control features while nice, are far from fool-proof. Anyone can still take a screenshot or photo, or otherwise make a copy of a message before your retractions and timed deletions can take effect.
These features will be landing for all mobile users shortly.
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