Hardly have we ever come across a smartphone user who does not use WhatsApp.
With over six hundred million downloads of the application, whatsapp today is a market leader in terms of users and services.
It also has the most happy users in the world as it keeps updating itself in accordance to the demands of the users.
Here are some amazing tricks and tips for whatsapp which you may or may not be knowing.
These will be very helpful for you to use whatsapp in a more effective and efficient manner –
Disable Auto Download!
Photos and Videos are often downloaded automatically to the phone. This is done to save your time, as the photos are displayed to you as soon as you click.
This might however work against your favor if your data connection is that which has a limited connection. With smaller data packs it often burns a hole in your pocket knowing precious data is being wasted away in these trivial things.
Settings – Chat Settings – Auto Download (Uncheck)
Hide Last Seen on Whatsapp!
Yes! You read the heading right. Whatsapp can now be hidden on whatsapp. However, it is like karma – give and take. If you hide your whatsapp last seen you won’t be able to see the other person’s last seen as well.
To hide your last seen, go to settings – account – privacy – last seen timestamp (Uncheck)
Share Your Location!
We often have trouble explaining to the people how or where to reach a certain place. However, it is now much more easier with the help of whatsapp, as it gives the users an option to share their locations.
You can share your location by tapping the arrow icon next to the chatbox and select location. Your GPS location as detected by the phone would be sent to the other person.
Sending Private Mass Messages (BCC):
The BCC (Blind Carbon Copy) feature of e-mail services is a very useful service as it helps us send mass messages without the others knowing who all is this message being sent to. This ensures your contacts privacy being secured.
To do this, go to the top left button and click on Broadcasts. Click it, and select a ‘broadcast list’. These people will now get messages without others knowing who all get it.
Add a conversation shortcut on your home screen –
In another amazing whatsapp hack that many people miss doing, we can actually pin a person’s contact to the home screen of our phone if we chat with them on a very frequent basis.
Tap and hold a contact on whatsapp and just click on ‘add conversation shortcut’. This is a time saving technique and is amazing, especially when working on android phones, as it is not available on the iOS as of now.
- therem
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