Five tips and tricks to improve your WhatsApp
experience
WhatsApp is the closest thing we have to a universal chat client. All you need is someone’s phone number to start gabbing away, just as easily as you can with traditional SMS messages.
This has helped WhatsApp become the dominant messaging app on the planet, with more than one billion users. As popular as it is here, you’ll see the phenomenon is far more pronounced when you travel outside the United States. In many other countries texting plans aren’t free, so smartphone users have bolted to the WhatsApp cloud for simple and universal messaging, since it’s also available on iOS.
WhatsApp does messaging well, but like any app that becomes critical to your daily workflow, you ought to master the smaller things it does. Customization, backing up your data, and understanding just when your messages have been read are some of the many features that will improve your experience with WhatsApp. Here are five key tips, with a few extra suggestions thrown in for good measure.
This has helped WhatsApp become the dominant messaging app on the planet, with more than one billion users. As popular as it is here, you’ll see the phenomenon is far more pronounced when you travel outside the United States. In many other countries texting plans aren’t free, so smartphone users have bolted to the WhatsApp cloud for simple and universal messaging, since it’s also available on iOS.
WhatsApp does messaging well, but like any app that becomes critical to your daily workflow, you ought to master the smaller things it does. Customization, backing up your data, and understanding just when your messages have been read are some of the many features that will improve your experience with WhatsApp. Here are five key tips, with a few extra suggestions thrown in for good measure.
Say it with a status
For fellow olds like me, the days of desktop computer chat through AIM, Google Talk, or ICQ required paying attention to someone’s status. It was a way to know if they were at the computer and available to chat or off doing something else.
WhatsApp has resurrected this concept with a modern twist. You can use a photo or short video (Snapchat style) to make a visual statement of how things are going. Just like Snapchat, your message will disappear after 24 hours.
To do this, head over to the Status tab or swipe all the way to the right to where the camera icon is. You can take a selfie, photo with the main camera, create a video, or choose an existing image. To make it even more fun, throw in some text.
WhatsApp has resurrected this concept with a modern twist. You can use a photo or short video (Snapchat style) to make a visual statement of how things are going. Just like Snapchat, your message will disappear after 24 hours.
To do this, head over to the Status tab or swipe all the way to the right to where the camera icon is. You can take a selfie, photo with the main camera, create a video, or choose an existing image. To make it even more fun, throw in some text.
However, you can also just give an old-school status message if this newfangled Snapchat-style thing isn’t for you. Touch the overflow button (three vertical dots) at the top and select Settings. Touch your profile name. By default, your status is set to Available.
You can choose one of the existing options, or touch the pencil to write your own. Throw in some emoji to liven things up. Now your contacts will know if they can chat with you or if they should leave you alone for now.
Change the wallpaper
The default background wallpaper in WhatsApp isn’t all that fantastic. You have a couple of options to fix this. You can choose from another batch that WhatsApp has included.
From the chat screen, go to Settings > Wallpaper. You’ll have four choices for the background.
From the chat screen, go to Settings > Wallpaper. You’ll have four choices for the background.
If you want a more traditional interface like in a texting app, then go for the solid colors. Or you can drop in a photo from your image gallery to display a picture from your last vacation.
Customize the notifications
Just like with most texting apps, you can change the sound that’s attached to particular contacts. This way you know whether to be excited or groan about who’s trying to reach you.
To do this, go to that particular contact’s page by opening a chat an existing strand. Then touch the overflow menu > view contact > custom notifications.
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Tweak the notification sounds so you know who is trying to get in touch.
You have to enable the custom notification box and then you can choose amongst the different options. You’re able to change whether or not a notification light appears, if the phone vibrates, and adjust the ringtone for WhatsApp voice calls.
To do this, go to that particular contact’s page by opening a chat an existing strand. Then touch the overflow menu > view contact > custom notifications.
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Tweak the notification sounds so you know who is trying to get in touch.
You have to enable the custom notification box and then you can choose amongst the different options. You’re able to change whether or not a notification light appears, if the phone vibrates, and adjust the ringtone for WhatsApp voice calls.