If you use WhatsApp intensively, you will hear the WhatsApp notification sound continuously throughout the day. In this tip, we’ll show you how to make this sound unique to your favorite contacts.
This is how you adjust the WhatsApp notification sound per chat
One of the more recent new features of WhatsApp is the ability to provide a chat or an entire group conversation with a different notification sound. By choosing a different tune you make certain conversations more recognizable and you do not have to take your iPhone out of your pocket to check who is trying to reach you. We explain below how to choose a notification sound per chat.
You can adjust WhatsApp notification sound in three steps
- Open WhatsApp on your iPhone. Select a conversation and swipe briefly from right to left;
- You will see the ‘More’ option appear. Tap this and choose ‘Contact information’;
- Then you need to press ‘Custom notifications’. At the option ‘Message sound’ you can choose a different notification sound from the list.
In the same menu it is also possible to choose a different ringtone. This refers to the tune that you hear with the WhatsApp calling function. In this menu you have from the same sounds that are installed on your iPhone by default.
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WhatsApp is regularly updated with new features. For example, you can now send messages with WhatsApp Status that resemble Snapchat Stories. In addition, the messaging app makes it easy to send gifs and you can chat on your Mac with WhatsApp Web in addition to your iPhone.
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