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What you need to know

• Meta has announced that WhatsApp users can expect to see “Message Drafts” rolling out to mobile devices today (November 14).

• This update will save unfinished/unsent texts to a thread and display a “Draft” indicator at the top of your Chats view.

• WhatsApp recently rolled out personalized lists and announced the upcoming departure of phone numbers on the platform.

Meta is rolling out an update for WhatsApp, and this feature might be what you were hoping for.

According to a press release, the company is launching “Message Drafts” for the WhatsApp platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg spearheaded the announcement today (November 14), saying users will soon begin to notice a “draft” indicator on threads for unfinished/unfinished posts. not sent.

WhatsApp says these indicators will be displayed in green, as chats will show “Draft” followed by a preview of your message in your list.

The platform adds that chats with unsent texts will be moved to the top of your view, so you can quickly come back and finish. The functionality is similar to other texting platforms like Google Messages. Additionally, users can probably expect to see their “composed” message automatically placed in the write field after clicking on a thread.

Additionally, the folks at MySmartPrice state that the update was spotted via the respective app stores on iOS and Android devices. WhatsApp updates devices with the new ‘Draft’ flag and feature along with several bug/performance fixes.

WhatsApp’s “draft messages” come a few weeks after the platform presented its new custom lists functionality. This update expanded the app’s original list of available chat filters with more categories. Meta has rolled out tags for discussions such as local neighborhood, work, and friends. Additionally, the update allows users to get creative and create unique tags. All of this is accessible via the “Chats” screen.

The app supports one-on-one chats, as well as group chats with this updated lists feature.

Of course, this update could well be associated with that of the application. next username patch. In October, the platform rolled out a patch allowing users to privately manage contacts stored on other devices in addition to their “primary phone.” However, this appears to be a prelude to the platform’s plans to ditch the need for a phone number on the app in favor of a username.

This update was announced with a sync feature, so users can keep their contacts with them on each device.

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