WhatsApp tricks you should know

From pinning important chats on the top to reading messages without letting the sender know, here is a list of WhatsApp tricks you should know about.

1. Pin an important chat

Typing names of important people in the search bar or scrolling down to get to their chat history might get time consuming and monotonous every time you want to converse. WhatsApp allows you to pin chats of three contacts on the top. Swipe a chat to the right and tap on the pin icon to get it to the top (iOS) or hold a chat and tap the pin button once selected (Android).

2. Read messages without letting the sender know

You can avoid the blue tick from appearing on the messages you have read. Put your phone on flight mode and open WhatsApp to read the messages. Close the app after reading and remove it from your multi window. Disable the airplane mode and the chat will appear unread to the sender.

3. Mark chats as unread

Mark a chat with a dot if you read a message but are unable to immediately reply. This will serve as a reminder for later. On iOS, swipe the chat to the right and tap on the unread icon, while on Android, press and hold the conversation that you wish to mark unread.

4. Turn off last seen

WhatsApp allows you to see the last activity time of your contacts on the app and vice versa. You can protect your privacy and not let people know when you last checked your WhatsApp messages by turning off that option. Go to settings, select account and tap on privacy to choose a suitable option for yourself under last seen.

5. Read and send messages without touching the phone

Virtual assistants like Siri and Google Assistant help you read messages without typing or touching your phone. All you need to do is give them a verbal command and they will do the rest.

6. Stop media from being automatically downloaded

Not always would you want forwarded pictures and videos to be saved to your gallery automatically, which lessens space in your phone and may reduce processing speeds. Tap on settings, then chats and turn off the ‘Save to camera roll’ option in iOS or ‘Show media in gallery’ in Android.You can also change preferences in media download for individual chats. Open a specific chat and tap on the name of the contact or group at the top. Open ‘Save to Camera roll’ option (iOS) or ‘Media Visibility’ (Android) and choose from settings suitable to you.7. Add doodles and emoticons to your pictures

WhatsApp allows you to play with your pictures by adding doodles, text and emoticons to it. Tap on the attach option and then go to gallery, select the image to be shared and it will open in a photo editor. You can make it interesting by adding doodles or emoticons.8. Delete accidentally sent messages

Messages that are accidentally sent can be removed from the receiver’s inbox as well. Select the message and tap on the option ‘Delete for everyone.’

9. Change preference of the text language

You don’t have to necessarily chat in English language on the app, which offers the option of several other languages. Go to settings and select chats, then tap on app language and choose the one you want.

10. Change font

This feature allows you to format the text and convert the plain font to italics or bold. Start and end the text with an asterisk to make it bold; similarly, begin and end it with an underscore to make it appear italicized. A tilde in the beginning and end will make a strikethrough appear on the text.

11. Find out who you talk to the most

You might have a long list of friends that you chat with on a regular basis, but there would be one you converse with the most. You can find out which contact uses the maximum storage. Open Settings and go to Data and Storage Usage. Tap on Storage Usage and then select the contact. You will be able to see how much storage has been used by each contact.

12. Change wallpaper

The wallpaper can be customized by going to Wallpaper in Chats under Settings. You can choose a picture from the wallpaper library, phone gallery or select a solid color.13. Bookmark messages

There might be something important in a chat that you would want to bookmark. WhatsApp allows you to do that by starring these messages. Open the specific message in a chat, hold down the message and then press star.14. Broadcast a message to multiple contacts privately

A public message can be sent privately with the help of Broadcast list on WhatsApp. A message sent out to a list of contacts will be received as individual messages by them. Tap on Broadcast on the left corner of your screen (iOS) or the menu icon (three vertical dots) at the top right corner (Android) and add contacts for sending messages.

15. Add dates to your calendar

In iOS, press and hold a date mentioned in a chat to create an event. This will automatically add the event in your calendar directly from your message.

How to send WhatsApp chats without saving the number in your phone

Is it possible to send WhatsApp messages without saving a number? Here is a detailed guide on how to send WhatsApp chats without saving the number on your smartphone.

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Are you looking to send a WhatsApp message without saving someone’s number? Do you want to know about how can you start a WhatsApp chat without saving the number in your smartphone’s phone book? Many believe that starting a WhatsApp chat without saving the number is not possible, however, there is a way in which you can send WhatsApp message to a number which is not saved in your phonebook.

How to send Whatsapp messages without saving the number

1. Open the web browser and then paste ‘https://api.WhatsApp.com/send?phone=number’ in the Address bar of your phone’s browser. 
2. In the place of “number”, enter the phone number of the person to whom you want to send a WhatsApp message with the country code.
3. Omit any zeroes, brackets or dashes when adding the phone number in international format.
4. The number that you provided should have a WhatsApp account.
5. Click on “Message” button.
6. You will be taken to the WhatsApp app with a chat being open for the said contact.

WhatsApp is one of the most popular apps in this world and almost everyone prefers to contact with another person through WhatsApp, these days. For the unknown, WhatsApp started as a basic instant-messaging app and now it has become a one-stop solution for media and documents sharing along with the fact that WhatsApp Payments and WhatsApp Businesses are also bringing more ways to use this Facebook-owned platform.

WhatsApp may have replaced traditional text messaging though there were few perks of texting that you may miss while using WhatsApp. Like you cannot send a WhatsApp message without first saving the contact in your smartphone. But what if we told you that there's a way you can send messages on WhatsApp without the need to save the contact in your address book. While many believe it's impossible, here's a step-by-step guide on how you can send a WhatsApp message without saving the number on your smartphone.

You can also create your own link with a pre-filled message which will automatically appear in the text field of a WhatsApp chat, use https://wa.me/whatsappphonenumber/?text=urlencodedtext where ‘whatsappphonenumber’ is a full phone number in international format and URL-encodedtext is the URL-encoded pre-filled message.

Things You Face When You're In An Unwanted WhatsApp Group

Things You Face When You’re In An Unwanted WhatsApp Group

WhatsApp groups can sometimes annoy the crap out of you. People you lost touch with ages ago, suddenly get your number and add you in these funnily named groups. You simply feel amazed at the idiocy of these people who randomly add you in groups, without your permission. It is that socially awkward virtual space where you simply don’t find the right emojis, to describe your emotions.

 

Look at what this virtual space does to bore, annoy and irritate you

 

1. You wake up to find yourself in a group that talks non stop and you have 150 odd WhatsApp messages

 

2. Sometimes the group consists of over enthusiastic cousins, aunties and uncles

 

This makes it really difficult for you to leave the group.

 

3. Other times the group is full of people you could never gel well with, in your college or school

 

WTF am I doing in this group?

 

4. You put the group on mute, but the WhatsApp notification on the top of your phone screen pinches your eyes

 

So you open the group window and shut it instantly.

 

5. When you browse through your phone gallery, you see random photos and wonder where the hell did they come from

 

Of course that unwanted group!

 

6. People ask you in personal chats about the reason why you never reply to the group

 

Because I don’t want to.

 

7. There are times when you just go through the chats to pass your time and regret instantly

 

What do these people do for a living? Message on WhatsApp? They should totally be broke by now!

 

8. Some day when you decide to participate in the group chat, you instantly come across some annoying person

 

All your motivation to chat is washed down the drain.

 

9. When your close friend suggest you to leave the group, you tell them why it is not easy

 

Dude that group has my cousins, distant cousins, uncles, aunts, distant uncles, aunts and the entire world that is somehow related to me. If I leave that group, toh woh saare log kya kahenge?

 

10. If some day you build up the courage and leave the group, you’re instantly added back

 

Sit down, try not to cry, cry a lot.

 

Want to get rid of such groups? Go change your number.