We whatsapp a lot with each other. Get even more out of the WhatsApp chat app with these ten tips. For example, are you familiar with the search function or the moving pictures?
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Tips and articles about WhatsApp are eagerly visited. Not surprising, because this app is a nice alternative to paid SMS. WhatsApp provides easy and accessible contact with your contacts. Here’s a selection of the most popular tricks in WhatsApp!
#1: Search Messages
You remember exchanging messages with someone about something, but what was the situation exactly? With the search function in WhatsApp you will have the conversation again in no time.
Go to the tip ‘Search WhatsApp messages’.
#2: make a message unread
Ok, you have opened and read a message, but no time or inspiration to respond yet. Mark the message as ‘unread’ to remember that you still want to reply.
Go to the tip ‘Make WhatsApp message unread’.
#3: forward a message
Forward a message from yourself or someone else to someone else. That saves typing again. But it is also possible with nice photos. If you forward a message or photo of someone else, first ask yourself whether the other person appreciates forwarding.
Go to the tip ‘Forward message in WhatsApp’.
#4: Send a sound recording
You may also have read the article ‘Far away, yet close by’ in our computer magazine Enter in which someone read to her granddaughter via WhatsApp. She used the option to send a sound recording. Personal and practical, especially when you have a lot to say.
Go to the tip ‘Send sound recording via WhatsApp’.
#5: create moving pictures
Get creative and make someone happy with a moving picture (GIF). Turn an existing video or something you record on the spot into a picture in which six seconds of image are played back repeatedly. You don’t need a complicated app for it, you can do it in WhatsApp.
Go to the tip ‘Create animated pictures in WhatsApp’.
#6: send a photo quickly
Quickly share a photo without leaving the WhatsApp app. It’s a piece of cake.
Go to the tip ‘Send a photo quickly in WhatsApp’.
#7: Turn off group chat notifications
Sometimes the messages just keep pouring in. This can lead to irritation, especially when you participate in a WhatsApp group. Tired of the message flow? Turn off the group’s notifications and see what has been exchanged at a later time.
Go to the tip ‘Turn off group chat notifications in WhatsApp’.
#8: Using a mailing list
Quickly send the same message to multiple people at once via a mailing list. A practical way to tell, for example, that you have a new phone number. Less personal, but it’s also useful for a holiday congratulation.
Go to the tip ‘Use a mailing list in WhatsApp’.
#9: calling with WhatsApp
Make a call via WhatsApp if the smartphone is connected to the internet via WiFi. Then you do not pay for the call via your calling bundle.
Go to the tip ‘Calling with WhatsApp’.
#10: Using WhatsApp on the computer
We end this article with the tip to use WhatsApp on the computer. Handy when you are busy behind the computer, but also occasionally on WhatsApp. Then you don’t have to read and type messages on a small screen.
Go to the article ‘Using WhatsApp on the computer’.