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Your BBM messages can now (officially) disappear automatically

Have you ever sent a BBM message to a contact and wished that there was some sort of timer that would make the (compromising) text vanish into thin air? Well, BlackBerry is tipping its hat in the direction of SnapChat, and allowing you to set a time limit on messages.

The functionality comes as part of the messaging service’s newly-released update (while it has been beta form for a while), and also includes the ability for you to retract any media that you might have sent in error, or in sheer embarrassment.

“We have been testing these features with customers over the last few weeks and the feedback has been incredible. They’re telling us that Timed Messages and Message Retraction add a whole new dynamic to BBM – unlike any other chat app out there today,” BlackBerry said in a blog post.

For Timed Messages, you can set a timer for how long the recipient is allowed to view the picture or media for intervals specified by the sender. If you really want to make sure that nothing will come from sending that secret file, you can also set it so that the media self-destructs as soon as the receiver lifts their finger from the screen.

The Message Retraction function is fairly straight-forward: if you have sent something that you wish you rather haven’t, you can simply recall it, and it will disappear from the unintended person’s chat history.

For now you will be able to send and delete media as much as you wish for the next three months, but after that BlackBerry explained that you will have to pay extra for added privacy.

“Timed Messages and Message Retraction features are premium features that will be available free and without restriction over the next three months. After this time, unrestricted access to these features will become part of a broader bundle of features that will be offered as part of a BBM subscription.”

[Source – BlackBerry]

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