Secret WhatsApp features revealed?
Yes!
Here I will go through 8 secret WhatsApp features that many often do not know about. These tricks will ensure that you know your WhatsApp features and use them in no time.
Yes!
Here I will go through 8 secret WhatsApp features that many often do not know about. These tricks will ensure that you know your WhatsApp features and use them in no time.
Secret WhatsApp features revealed
1) MAKING CALLS
How:
1) Make sure you're using the latest version of WhatsApp
2) You should see a new Calls tab alongside the usual Chats and Contacts
3) Just send a voice call invite to another WhatsApp user and start chatting
Note:
1) This feature only works for Android users currently
2) The calls uses mobile data. (Beware of your bills)
Important:
Be warned that there is a WhatsApp calling scam doing the rounds. Read up, be wary and spread the word.
1) Make sure you're using the latest version of WhatsApp
2) You should see a new Calls tab alongside the usual Chats and Contacts
3) Just send a voice call invite to another WhatsApp user and start chatting
Note:
1) This feature only works for Android users currently
2) The calls uses mobile data. (Beware of your bills)
Important:
Be warned that there is a WhatsApp calling scam doing the rounds. Read up, be wary and spread the word.
2) PREVENT PEOPLE FROM ACCIDENTLY READING YOUR MESSAGES
How:
1) Go to Settings
2) Notifications
3) Disable Show Preview
1) Go to Settings
2) Notifications
3) Disable Show Preview
3) DESTROY THOSE BLUE TICKS
How:
Users can just access Privacy via Settings and disable Read Receipts.
Note:
This feature is currently only available to Android users who are on the all new beta version of the app.
If you're that desperate though, you have to download the beta and go to your Android phone's settings, enable Unknown Sources to install the APK file as it's not in the Google Play Store yet.
Users can just access Privacy via Settings and disable Read Receipts.
Note:
This feature is currently only available to Android users who are on the all new beta version of the app.
If you're that desperate though, you have to download the beta and go to your Android phone's settings, enable Unknown Sources to install the APK file as it's not in the Google Play Store yet.
4) KNOW WHEN YOUR MESSAGES ARE READ
How:
1) Go to any of your WhatsApp chats
2) Tap and hold on any of the messages you have sent in that chat
3) Followed by the Info option.
Note:
For iOS users, you can also drag towards the left to reveal a window which will show the time your message was delivered and subsequently read. Works for group messages too with the window listing the time each participant read the message.
1) Go to any of your WhatsApp chats
2) Tap and hold on any of the messages you have sent in that chat
3) Followed by the Info option.
Note:
For iOS users, you can also drag towards the left to reveal a window which will show the time your message was delivered and subsequently read. Works for group messages too with the window listing the time each participant read the message.
5) SENDING PUBLIC MESSAGES PRIVATELY
How:
1) On the top left hand corner of your WhatsApp Chats window, just below the search bar, you’ll notice a Broadcast Lists.
2) Tap on it for the option to create a new list of contacts you want your message to go out to and message away like you would normally.
1) On the top left hand corner of your WhatsApp Chats window, just below the search bar, you’ll notice a Broadcast Lists.
2) Tap on it for the option to create a new list of contacts you want your message to go out to and message away like you would normally.
6) SHORTCUTS TO CONVERSATIONS
How:
1) Tap and hold on the chat (group or individual) of your choice and a tab will pop up.
2) Select the Add Conversation Shortcut option and the chat in question will appear as the person's profile photo on your mobile desktop.
Note:
This only applies for Android users and not iPhone ones
1) Tap and hold on the chat (group or individual) of your choice and a tab will pop up.
2) Select the Add Conversation Shortcut option and the chat in question will appear as the person's profile photo on your mobile desktop.
Note:
This only applies for Android users and not iPhone ones
7) SAVING MEDIA
How:
Go to Settings, then Chat Settings and then Auto-Download and tweak the settings for how you want your received media to be downloaded. Choose Wi-Fi if you don’t want to overload your data plan. Alternatively, you can trigger downloads manually by switching Auto-Download to Never. You can also save the hassle of having to clean up your camera roll every so often by tweaking Save Incoming Media off.
Go to Settings, then Chat Settings and then Auto-Download and tweak the settings for how you want your received media to be downloaded. Choose Wi-Fi if you don’t want to overload your data plan. Alternatively, you can trigger downloads manually by switching Auto-Download to Never. You can also save the hassle of having to clean up your camera roll every so often by tweaking Save Incoming Media off.
8) KNOW YOUR FRIEND'S REAL LOCATION
How:
Insist that the contact shares his current location with you by tapping on the arrow icon next to the text box
Note:
He can still manually enter the location.
Therefore, The way the location appears is a clue to whether he sent his current location, or whether he chose to enter the location he’s purportedly at. If it’s the GPS-based location he’s at, the location share will appear as a dropped pin, but if it’s a location he had to enter, its address will appear beside the dropped pin.
Insist that the contact shares his current location with you by tapping on the arrow icon next to the text box
Note:
He can still manually enter the location.
Therefore, The way the location appears is a clue to whether he sent his current location, or whether he chose to enter the location he’s purportedly at. If it’s the GPS-based location he’s at, the location share will appear as a dropped pin, but if it’s a location he had to enter, its address will appear beside the dropped pin.
Zad Ngor
Author of Secret WhatsApp features revealed
Credits - http://www.stuff.tv/sg/features/13-secret-features-exist-in-whatsapp
https://web.whatsapp.com/
http://www.androidpit.com/whatsapp-call-feature-here-s-how-to-get-whatsapp-voice-calling
Author of Secret WhatsApp features revealed
Credits - http://www.stuff.tv/sg/features/13-secret-features-exist-in-whatsapp
https://web.whatsapp.com/
http://www.androidpit.com/whatsapp-call-feature-here-s-how-to-get-whatsapp-voice-calling