For the past few months, we have been hearing chatter that WhatsApp is planning to improve the archive chats feature. The current implementation sees the archive chat resurface when a new message arrives, cluttering your inbox. WhatsApp was earlier rumored to be fixing this annoyance with a new Vacation Mode. But, it seems to have since been renamed to ‘Read Later’ and it has now been spotted in action in the latest beta update on Android.
This feature is currently in development but seems to be nearly finished for rollout. If you are eager to test out new features, enroll in the WhatsApp beta program and you will get the Read Later feature before everyone else. There is no word on the official stable rollout of this feature.