Message features

What you can send

The attach button next to the text box opens these options:

• Camera and Gallery: send a photo or video. You can add a caption to photos.
• View-once photo: turn on view once before sending; the other person can open the photo a single time, then it disappears.
• Voice recording: voice messages up to 2 minutes.
• GIF: search for a GIF or pick your own from your gallery.
• Sticker: big animated emoji. A single emoji sent on its own also shows up large and animated.

What you can do with messages

Press and hold a message to open the menu:

• Reply: answer with the message quoted. Swiping the message to the right does the same, and tapping the quote jumps to the original.
• React: respond with an emoji. Double-tapping a message drops a quick ❤️.
• Copy and Report.
• Edit: change your own plain text message or photo caption; it's then marked "edited".
• Recall: remove your own message from the chat; "Message recalled" appears in its place.
• Translate: translate a message into your language. Message translation is part of Premium and above; without it, you get a limited number of trial uses.

Read, typing and online status

• The ticks under your messages show whether they've been read.
• While the other person is typing, typing… appears at the top, along with their online or last-seen status.
• To hide your own online status and last seen, turn off Show my online status in Settings › Privacy.