IPHONE Whatsapp Tricks & tips

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iphone whatsapp tricks&tips 

1.Hide the blue tricks

Those blue tricks can get you in a whole world of trouble, especially when you don't reply instantly and someone sees you have read their messages. you can turn them off, but it's  worth noting that if you do. you won't get read receipt for your messages either.

Apple users: If you get siri to read the message, the blue ticks won't apper so this could be a good way to read a message without the sender knowing you have.

ios: setting>Account>privacy>Toggle off Read Receipts.

Android: Settings >Account > Privacy > Untick Read Receipts.

2.Turn words bold, italic or strikethrough

Sometimes certain words need more emphasis and shouty caps just is't going to cut it. don't worry, whatsapp allows you to make whichever words or phrases you want bold , italic , or strikethrough them altogether.

iso and android: add an  asterisk either side of the word or phrase for "bold". add an underscore  either of the word or phrase for _italic_. add a tildes to either side of the word or phase for strikethrough.

3. Find who you talk to most

who is really your favourite person ? it might not be who you thing. on IOS, there is a way to find the people you send the most messages to and how much storage each person takes up , among other things. 

iso : setting >data and storage usage > storage usage >select contact

4. Add dates to your calendar automatically

If you're prone to forgetting dates mentioned in various chats, it's possible to automatically create an event directly from whatsapp on ISO.

iso: Press and hold date within>create Event

5. Mark chats as unread

Ever been out about, read a chat and then completely forget to reply? we do it the time there is a way to mark important chats with dot to remind you to go back to it thought. 

ios: chats> swipe left to right> mark as unread 

Android : long press chat> open menu> mark as unread 

6. Save your data allowance 

if you've got a limited data allowance, you don't want whatsaap munching it all away. thankfull, you can customise when media is allowed to download, as well as ensure calls use little data as possible.

iso and Android: setting> data and storage usage> media auto-download

7.Stop people seeing your messages

Ever passed your phone to a friend and instantly panicked about the messages they might see come through. we haven't either . for those that, you can turn off message preview on iso so only the contact's name will appear  rather than their life story, or you can turn off notifications altogether.

in android, it's not possible through the whatsapp app but you can stop private information showing up on your lock screen in android itself.

iso: setting>Notifications > Toggle off show previws /setting> notification> Toggle off show Notification.

8.Hide your profile picture 

you might not want everyone to see your profile picture, especially if you're part of several groups where you don't know everyone in the group. or perhaps you just fancy being a little mysterious for the day either way you can choose if everyone, no-one or only your contacts see your picture .

ios and android: setting> account> privacy> profile photo

9. Get shortcuts to specific conversation

Do you have a few extra people you talk to all the time via whatsaap we do too you can create a shortcut for specific conversation on android making it easier to access those chats you need all the time.

Android: chats> specific chat> menu > more> add shortcut or chats > press and hold individual chat menu > add chat shortcut

10. See recent chats without opening whatsapp

Apple users can see which contacts they have unread messages from without opening the whatsapp app by adding the whatsaap recent chats will appear within the recent chats widget when you swipe left to right from your main home screen or lock screen.

The widget shows the circular profile picture icon with a number of how many unread chats you have from that particular contact you can then click on the chat you want to read and whatsapp will open on that specific chat

 iso: swipe left to right from your lock screen or your main home screen >scroll down to the edit icon at the botton >Add the whatsapp recent chats icon> rearrange the order of your widgets

11.Bookmark important messages 

Some messages are more important than others. whether its's a date you need to remember, or a good restaurant you've been recommended. it's  possible to bookmark these messages and find them all easily in the starred messages section.

ios: chats>specific chat > specific message> double tab or hold down and press the star 

Android: chats> specific chat > specific message > hold down and press the star

12. Send a public message privately

Ever had a free evening and wanted to ask several of your friends if they are around without having to open up each chat to ask them seperatly

you can send a broadcast message to a list of contacts with it appearing . great for saving time , terrible if they all reply yes

ios: chats>broadcast list > New list > add contacts

Android: chats > menu > new broadcast 

13. Find out how long you've been ignored for

There is nothing more annoying than seeing those blue ticks appear without a reply following soon after. if you want to torture yourself a little more and find out when your message was actually read and how long you've been ignored for you can we don't advise it though

ios: chats > specific chat > specific message > swipe left to right

Android : chats > specific chat > specific message> press and hold > tap the info "i" icon at the top.

14. Customise notification 

There might be certain contacts you want to know instantly if they are calling or messaging you to make sure they don't blend  into the crowd, your can change their specific alert tones so you recognise when that  particular person has sent you a message or is whatsapp calling you.

ios and android: chats> specific chat > tap on contact name at top custom notifications