It is one of the most widely used apps for Android and iOS, with more than 2.000 million active users. WhatsApp has been seeing how with its updates it has improved remarkably, incorporating some quite useful ones, the last known of this communication tool is the so-called "Communities", perfect if you want to set up your own.
It is true that there are several novelties that you cannot miss, all with the desire to try each one of them with those you consider your friends. One of the important ones is to be able to send messages to yourself, as well as sending files to another user, which now gives a maximum of 2 GB per file.
In this tutorial we are going to teach you the best WhatsApp tricks, an application that you will have installed on your mobile device under the Android system. You can get the most out of it, it is true that it has many functions that you probably could not even know because of all that it hides.
Choose who can add you to groups
It sure is tedious sometimes to see how you are added to a group without your consent, which is currently solvable in the WhatsApp application. To do this you have to carry out a process, thus shelving those people who incorporate you into a chat with people you may not know any of.
This adjustment is possible thanks to the configuration and privacy of the application, which, if you know a little more, you can take advantage of in the short and long term. We have this option visible, all this whenever you go to "Settings" in your WhatsApp application and see it among the several available, which are a few.
If you want to choose which person adds you and which not, Do the following:
- Access the "Settings" of the WhatsApp application
- Once inside, go to the option that says "Account" and go to the section that says "Privacy"
- In the "Who can add you to groups" setting you can make changes, you can put "My contacts", only those added by you on your phone, the best is "My contacts, except...", here you can decide which phones can do it and which ones can't
Send messages without having the button pressed
It is true that not everyone knows about this, since they usually have the record button pressed when sending a voice audio by WhatsApp. It is a really important trick, especially if what you want is to explain yourself, if you want to do a long one and that you do not miss the keystroke, it is possible today.
Writing is usually cumbersome, sometimes listening or being listened to is as necessary as it is important, that's why the function of recorded voice notes, both for receiving and sending. As a rule, in this type of case, the appropriate thing is to facilitate the work, such as this option available on all phones.
If you want to send an audio without having to constantly press the button, Do the following:
- The first step is to open the WhatsApp application on your phone
- Once you do, go to the specific conversation in which you want to send an audio
- To send an audio without having to press repeatedly, press a second and push the button up, it will show you a window with the recording, with seconds, the trash can icon and the sound that is going up and down depending on the volume
Send video clips on mute
You will surely send many videos through this application, it also happens to be important to know that you have an option of having them arrive on mute. Silencing a video serves in this sense so that you are surprised by what you see, never by the sounds, since it was sent silently.
It is something that not everyone knows, precisely it happens to be functional whenever you are going to send it, if you do not do it before, it will not arrive silently. To do this, it takes the following parameter, which is equally functional in Android, but also on Apple's iOS:
- The first thing is to open the WhatsApp app
- Go to the conversation you want to send a video to
- Choose the video and press the key that shows the play icon
- You will get a thumbnail of everything, with the possibility of cutting on those sides, and other extra options appear
- On the speaker icon, click on it so that it remains with an underline
- After this, proceed to hit the send button, just the one that appears on the right side of the whole
Export everything that contains a chat
Imagine wanting to save the entire conversation of a specific chat, including for example the photographs, if you want to do this it is viable from the official application itself. It will be worth it if we want to keep everything we talk about with a certain person and take this to the cloud, hard drive, etc.
The export of a specific one is valid for anyone, if you want to do this with others it is equally valid, perfect above all to not lose what you consider important. To export a chat from the official application, Do the following:
- Access the WhatsApp application
- After this, click on the three points and click on "Settings"
- Click on “Chat”
- After this, go all the way down and continue with "Chat history", it is necessary to go to this section
- You must click on “Export chat” and choose the person's conversation
- Choose the option you want, only the text or all files, including multimedia
Use a broadcast message for everyone
If you want to say that you open an establishment, for example, that you decide to change your numberAmong other things, what is appropriate for this is that you use the broadcast message. This usually reaches all contacts, if you do it it has to be something considered important and not worth any message.
The proper thing is that you get to choose those contacts to whom you want them to arrive, so you must do it like this:
- Open the WhatsApp app on your phone
- Click on the three dots in the upper right and click on "New broadcast"
- Select all the contacts you want and confirm with the "check" icon
- Write the message and click "Send", this will reach everyone you selected
- And ready