WhatsApp is found to be adding an option to edit messages

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Edit option will help to rectify mistakes, especially typing errors in messages

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The WhatsApp Edit option is currently a part of the latest WhatsApp for Android beta version

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The WhatsApp beta version is available to some beta testers

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The new WhatsApp Edit option will be rolled out once the beta testing gets completed

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WABetaInfo has shared a couple of screenshots of how the edit option would work on WhatsApp

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Edit option would appear alongside the Info & Copy options that surface once you long-press a text message on WhatsApp

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By selecting Edit, users would be able to edit the text of WhatsApp messages

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There is some ambiguity whether the recipient will be able to know about the edit status of the WhatsApp messages or not

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Recipients are not likely to get to look at the edit history of a message

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Exact date of the rollout is yet to be officially announced

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