Although on Snapchat it's the images that self-destruct, in the new Line feature are the chats that will disappear as soon as the contact to whom we have sent them has read them. An interesting initiative by one of the most popular online messaging services such as Line. This same functionality is present in the app itself launched by Facebook to follow in the wake of Snapchat and which is none other than Slingshot.
Although here we must be careful with the images that we send since Line will not self-destruct them as if it happens with the popular Snapchat and Slingshot. Line's new feature is called "Hidden chat" or what is the same, secret chat. It allows you to send messages that will self-destruct and that can be modified by that contact who sends them to a period of time that can range from 2, 5 or 10 seconds to a minute, an hour or even a whole week. During this time the contact will be able to read the text, and when it expires, the message will be deleted from both the chat history and Line's data servers.
According to the same Line, the inclusion of the Secret Chat has nothing to do with the recent hacking reports. On the contrary, this new feature is focused on providing Line users with adequate functionalities in communication.
At the moment this functionality will not be available for all regionsSo we will have to wait a bit for it to arrive in our country, since the first two are Japan and China, where its user base is larger. The update has already arrived for these users in their versions of iOS and Android, so we will remain attentive to any news regarding the appearance of this new functionality in the international versions of Line.
I think that snapchat after 2 years, it is very difficult to throw it away, and Line is clearly on the decline, so it will be very difficult for Line to throw away its competition.