2024-07-20 11:34:00
Surely knowing some of WhatsApp’s tricks will help you get more out of the messaging app and thus make better use of all its features.
Telling you that WhatsApp is the messaging app that dominates the world is nothing new and you probably already knew that.
Con More than 2 billion usersIt is strange that someone who carries a mobile terminal in his pocket or bag does not have this application, if only because others use it.
Although it is a very popular app that many people use, there are still certain tricks that we may not know about and that can help us get the most out of it.
Let’s see what they are, so that we can all become WhatsApp experts.
Index of contents:
- Create shortcuts
- Exclude WhatsApp images from the gallery
- Schedule messages
- Block WhatsApp
- Mute chats
- Create a community
- Save storage
- Change chat background
- Featured Posts
- Mark a message as unread
- Format of messages
Create shortcuts
If you use WhatsApp to send messages to almost always the same people, it might be easier to add a conversation shortcut to your device’s home screen.
We simply open the application, click on Chats y We keep the conversation going to create a WhatsApp shortcut.
Once the chat has been highlighted, click on Options (the three vertical dots in the upper right corner) and select Add chat shortcut.
Exclude WhatsApp images from the gallery
It may be that the images we have on WhatsApp appear in the Gallery and that bothers us, since they get mixed up with those from the camera.
To make sure that we don’t
end up in the library of our phone we must go to Adjustments > Cats and move the switch next to Media Visibility to the position disabled.
Schedule messages
If you are one of those people who forget important dates, you can always Send scheduled messages via WhatsApp so that the day never passes you by. Plus, you don’t have to worry.
To do this, you need to download a third-party app called SKEDit, which is valid for both Android and iOS.
Block WhatsApp
We can block access to WhatsApp so that no one other than us can enter our chats and groups.
On Android you can use your fingerprint for login and on iOS you will use Face ID.
To set up Android fingerprint lock, we are going to Settings > Account > Privacy and we go down until we find Unlock with fingerprintoption that we must move on to Switched on.
If we have an iPhone, we must go to Settings > Account > Privacy > Screen lock and we activate Require Face ID.
Mute chats
If some chats or groups bother you because they are ringing all the time, but you don’t want to leave them, you can always mute them.
You just have to go to the chat, specifically tap on More options (three dots top right) > Mute notificationsYou’ll see that you have the option to silence it for eight hours, a week, or forever.
Create a community
Managing groups on WhatsApp can be a bit of a challenge, especially if they are all about the same topic. Fortunately, things can now be much more manageable.
The function WhatsApp Community It allows us to bring together similar thematic groups in a community, so that we can also share information with all members.
The Community function will be the one that sends general messages to all groups, so you don’t have to go one by one.
We can create a community by sliding the finger to the right on your WhatsApp chat page and giving in New community.