Lesser known features of WhatsApp that people should know.
WhatsApp is one such messaging platform that most of us use & rightly so because it has been the only social platform that has been at the forefront of the tech world for many years now. It is also one of the most used apps with 1.5 billion subscribers & still counting & hence very popular. But, even after people using it for many years, there are a few features that they might not be aware of. And, since we use the app the most & are also quite dependent on it for any kind of communications in our daily lives whether through routine messaging, voice calls or video calls, it is imperative for us to know some lesser-known but important features of the platform.
WhatsApp is one of those social platforms that have been consistent enough in adding a band of new features always. And, this makes it essential for users to know these hidden features of the app to enhance their experience using WhatsApp & make use of it more securely.
Below are the few best hacks that you must use on WhatsApp for a more exciting experience.
- Knowing the people, you message the most - there is a considerable amount of data that gets used when you chat with a particular person or a specific group the most. Users of Android & iOS both can know for whom they burn this data. You can check this by going to Settings, select Data & Storage usage; this will give you the list of groups or people a user messages the most.
- Pinning chats - we want some chats to appear at the top of the app as soon as we open it. For doing this, you can pin these chats for seeing them at the top even in case of no new messages or notifications from them. For Android users, long-press the chat message you wish to pin & click the pin icon which will appear at the top bar of the app.
- Stopping videos & pictures for getting saved on the phone - you can avoid your gallery getting full because of auto-downloads of media files. For this head to Settings, click on Chats & select Turn off Save Incoming Media. You can also select to customise media for auto-downloads from particular chats. For Android users, open the specific chat, click on the info of the person & select Media visibility. For iOS users, click on the particular chat & open the person's info & click on 'Save to Camera Roll' then select from Default Always & Never.
- Bookmarking messages - you can use this feature whenever you want to get back to the chats you need. For Starred messages, you can hold the message you wish to bookmark & then click the Star button.
- Writing in the typewriter font - We already know other features like strike-through, bold & italic & the typewriter font is a feature that most of us are unaware of. To make use of this font, you can use the symbol ` three times on each side of the word like ```Good Morning```. This feature is available for both Android & iOS users.
WhatsApp is also getting geared up to roll out other new features like Delete Messages & the Dark Mode feature. However, the official announcement to release these features is yet to be made by them.