WhatsApp to remind you about unsent messages: Report

Type a reply mid-meeting, get pulled away, and forget to hit send. WhatsApp's latest beta feature is built for exactly that moment. The app is testing push notifications that alert users to draft messages they had not yet sent, discovered on WhatsApp for Android Beta Version 2.26.35.2 by WABetaInfo.

This process involves the following: If someone types in the chat, fails to send the message, and changes apps, WhatsApp will wait for approximately one minute before sending a notification called "Your draft" to the name of the contact in the ongoing chat. When clicked, the user is redirected right into the chat.

WhatsApp has the capability of notifying you of unsent messages through the application interface itself. 

With an update introduced in 2024 on the beta version of the app, messages containing incomplete texts can be seen with a small draft label and preview directly in the chat list if a user is using the app and scrolls past it by accident.

The label in the chat list will serve no purpose to someone who is already out of the app since a push notification will still reach them no matter what. WhatsApp has decided to consider both approaches as supplementary measures.

The notification feature is currently limited to a small group of Android beta testers running the 2.26.35.2 update, downloadable through the Google Play Store's beta programme.

WhatsApp hasn't set a timeline for a wider rollout, and testers who update without seeing the alert shouldn't assume something's broken; staged rollouts like this one typically expand gradually rather than all at once.