Use WhatsApp better: Eight hidden tips and tricks

Do you own a smartphone? Then there is a high probability that you have already called up the green app symbol with the telephone receiver in the speech bubble on your cell phone.

Almost eight out of ten people in Germany (79 percent) have it WhatsApp installed on their smartphone and use it, according to a Yougov survey in June 2021. The application of the Facebook group Meta is and remains the most popular Messenger-App of Germans – despite fierce debates about data protection rules and the obligation to obtain consent for continued use.

WhatsApp: Eight tips and tricks for Messenger

WhatsApp is constantly expanding and adding to its chat app new function added. One or the other important setting is also hidden in submenus and unknown even to some regular users. We show eight useful ones Tips and Trickswith which you can use Whatsapp even smarter from tomorrow.

1. Broadcast instead of group chat

Send a message to multiple contacts at the same time without having to create a new group: You can do it with one Broadcast-Liste. Advantage: Recipients see the message as a normal message in the personal chat and also reply in this way. In contrast to groups, all other recipients do not notice anything about the exchange. How to do it on Android: Menu (three dots top right); new broadcast; select recipient; green tick. On iPhone: Chats; broadcast; new list; Create.

2. Leave WhatsApp groups secretly

You can only since August The group, of which one is a member, turn their backs unnoticed. To do this, open the group, then tap the group name at the top and swipe up. Then tap on “Leave Group” and “Leave”. Recently, only the group creator (admin) receives a message about the exit, not the entire group.

The alternative to leaving: just die mute group and no longer receive notifications. To do this, tap on the group name and “Mute notifications” (iPhone: “Mute”), then on “Always”.

3. Voice messages on WhatsApp

seven billion voice messages are sent daily according to Whatsapp. New since last spring: You can pause recording and continue later. Users can also listen to messages again before sending them.

Playback can be increased to 1.5x or 2x speed. And if you leave the chat, the playback either continues or can be continued later at the same point.

4. Tag WhatsApp messages

Some new ones News you just skim over them briefly, but don’t want to answer them until later. If you mark the chat as “unread”, a green icon will highlight it. To do this, hold down the chat and tap on “Mark as unread” in the three-point menu at the top right (iPhone: swipe the chat bar to the right). Alternatively, long-press a single message and click that star icon type so that you can find them later more quickly.

5. Self-Deleting Messages

If you don’t want your chat messages to be retained permanently, you can set this by default for newly created chats. From now on, all sent messages or photos will disappear from the chat history after a self-selected time (24 hours, 7 days or 90 days). You can find the option to the self-deleting messages in the settings under “Account”, “Privacy” and “Default message duration”.

6. Secret and Discreet: Hide chats

With a long finger press on a chat (iPhone: swipe chat to the left) it can be opened Archive chat. Chats in the archive move to the bottom of the chat list. In the settings under “Chats” you can also tap on “Leave chats in the archive”. Then the chat hidden in this way remains hidden even if the chat partner writes. This is also an insider tip for users who want to conduct a discreetly hidden chat.

7. Decorate WhatsApp statuses with pictures and videos

Im Status (middle tab in the app) users can keep selected or all of their contacts up to date on what they are up to. With a tap on “My Status” you can not only add text, but also photos, videos or GIFs and edit them creatively before publishing. This is how short, entertaining „Storys“ handicrafts that disappear by themselves after 24 hours.

8. Use WhatsApp on your computer or tablet

The messenger can be used not only on the mobile phone but also in the browser on the PC – including a keyboard and a large view. Easy for setup im PC-Browser the website call. A square QR code appears there, which users have to scan with their smartphone.

To do this, open WhatsApp on your own Android phone and tap on “Linked Devices” in the top right of the three-point menu (iPhone: Settings). Then point the activated mobile phone camera at the QR code on the PC screen.

In the same way, WhatsApp Web can also be used in the browser app on a Tablet activate. The connected device can also be removed again on the mobile phone under the same menu item.

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