WhatsApp may have plenty of features but is in some cases sluggish to adopt typical choices seen in rival messaging applications. Despite that, a “Mute Always” and improved expiring messages functions look as though they are pertaining to a future version of WhatsApp.
The most recent WhatsApp beta contains evidence of a new mute feature that enables you to mute chats from your notice shade however had some caveats. Not content with having this option, it looks as though expiring messages are also well under advancement for those that want to send time-sensitive, self-deleting material.
As for the silencing options, currently, you will only gain the alternative when you got over 50 (yes, 50) messages from stated chat or group chat. That appears a bit dumb from the outset however it looks like WhatsApp is prepping a new “Mute Always” option for selected chats. This will replace the “one-year” option that has existed for quite some time