New Delhi, March 22 -- WhatsApp is working on a major privacy upgrade for its disappearing messages feature, which could allow users to automatically delete a new message shortly after they have read it. The new feature, called "After reading", was spotted by WABetaInfo in the latest beta build of the app and could be coming to the Meta-owned personal messaging app soon.

WhatsApp currently allows users to turn on disappearing message timers of 24 hours, 7 days or 90 days, which means that any messages sent to the recipient will disappear within that time frame. While that time frame is useful for most people, it may not be ideal for sharing sensitive information like a one-time password (OTP), a verification code or other such confidenti...