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11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by seaylan: 4:26pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
11 Awesome Things You
Probably Didn’t Know You Could
Do On Whatsapp
by Aditya Joshi
Do you remember when WhatsApp came out
with the blue ticks that pit friend against friend
and brought lovers at each others throats. Well,
as it turns out that wasn't the only time
WhatsApp made a sneaky little update without
anyone noticing.
Turns out that there are a lot of features that
were added by the instant messenger service
that a lot of it's users still aren't privy to. So as
always, you didn't ask us to but we're going to
tell 'em to you anyway.
1. You can disable your last
seen and those dreaded blue
ticks.
Finally, after realizing the error of their ways
WhatsApp has come out with the option to
disable these relationship-destroying, friendship-
ruining features. Now you can avoid them to
your hearts content! Simply go to Privacy and
change your 'Last Seen to Nobody and uncheck
the box which reads Read Receipts and you're
good to go.
2. You can create shortcuts
for conversations.
Lets be honest, there are probably some people
you talk to more than others. For this
unfortunate few, you can create a shortcut by
long pressing on their name and choosing the
create a shortcut option on your phone
desktop.
3. You can now see when your
messages were read.
So you thought that the blue ticks were bad?
Well WhatsApp decided to screw you over some
more. Now, you can check when your message
was read as well! Simply long press on the
message and choose the Info option to find out.
4. You can now find out
exactly where your friends
are.
There's always that one friend who says they've
left when they've just woken up (I am that
friend, btw). Now you can find out precisely
where they are by asking them to send you their
location. And if they try to fool you be sending
you a location from maps, you can call them out
on it. A location send through WhatsApp never
displays the name of the address while it does
so on maps.
5. You can set custom
notification tones for
different chats.
Now you can know who has sent you a message
without even looking at the screen. Important
group chats, your boss or your mother, you can
no set custom notifications tones for all of
them. Simply click on the options button at the
top left of the chat and go to view contact/
group info and then go to Custom Notifications.
6. You can save your mobile
data by tweaking a few
settings.
Since the arrival of 3g and 4g, you no longer
need to be tethered to a wifi router. You have
fast internet on the go. But even so, that
doesn't mean you want to blow your entire data
as fast as possible, right? Simply go to settings
and then to data usage. You can customize
your date options options to your liking.
7. You can tie the app to your
number.
Never lose your contacts ever again. Even if you
buy a new phone, you can choose to tie the
application to your new phone number. By
choosing not to do that, you can continue using
WhatsApp with your new some and old
contacts, provided you had backed them up of
course.
8. You can bookmark
messages by starring them.
Say you have to go to a birthday party but your
friends address is lost somewhere in the 200+
messages in the group chat called "Pappu's
birthday!" Well, instead of going through all the
inane bullshit till you find it, you can star
important messages by long pressing them and
clicking on the star icon. Then when you need
to find them, go to settings and click on starred
messages. Viola!
9. You can use WhatsApp on
your internet browser.
Are your thumbs to big for that tiny little touch
keyboard on the screen? Well, worry no more
you thick fingered freak because there is a
solution and it's called WhatsApp Web. Open
the browser to the WhatsApp Web page and a
QR code will appear. Go to settings on your
WhatsApp, select the option for WhatsApp Web
and scan the code and start chatting.
For Warning! If You Get A WhatsApp Message
About A Gold Version Of The App, Don’t Click On
It, click here.
10. You can reply to messages
without even having to open
the chat.
Peeping toms are everywhere. Especially on the
metro. If you don't want people looking at your
private chats, you can enable the pop up option.
Instead of having to go to your chat to respond,
you can type in your reply into the pop up and
press send. Go to settings, then click on
notifications and you'll see the pop up options.
Choose one from four different privacy settings.
11. You can use font styles
like bold, italics and strike-
through too.
One of WhatsApp's most recent feature has
been the ability to customize the font of the
texts you send. Use strike-through. Make them
italic. Make them bold. Lets take the word hello
as an example. To make it bold, type *hello*.
To Make it italic, type _hello_. To use strike-
through, type ~hello~.
Well, that's all for today folks. We've given you
these lesser known WhatsApp hacks, so to
speak. Go try 'em out and distract yourself
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Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by rummeh: 4:27pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
Oga make your article readable... 11 Likes |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by techinfong: 4:29pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
That's more tedious to read guy, Not even a single paragraph 2 Likes |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by valnelly(m): 4:31pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
rummeh:yeah right.... OP should organise it too |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by kllinxman(m): 4:49pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
seaylan:But u dont know u can space ur speech when writing ? 7 Likes |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by Okaakoko(m): 4:59pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
kllinxman:Thanks jo, was able to read it after your quote |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by sexy74(m): 5:07pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
techinfong:that's the issue with copy and paste without intelligence. 3 Likes |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by omowolewa: 6:44pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
Nice info |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by barackodam: 8:19pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
kllinxman: thanks man, I read yours instead..... these things the OP listed are true but useless |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by Dandsome: 8:27pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
Thanks. but next time, learn to use paragraph. |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by Birniwa(m): 9:16pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
It was unreadable because he probably copied and pasted. |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by ponti93(m): 10:54pm On Sep 09, 2016 |
the op seriously missed english classes during school days. |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by Agimor(m): 12:10am On Sep 10, 2016 |
Birniwa:It's called copy and space without spacing. |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by Gosj01(m): 12:28am On Sep 10, 2016 |
Agimor: It's actually called "When you copy and can't paste"! 1 Like |
Re: 11 Awesome Things You Probably Didn’t Know You Could Do On Whatsapp by Nobody: 7:02am On Sep 10, 2016 |
You can also change the font by typing three inverted commas found next to this sign ~ E.g... ```hello``` |
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