WhatsApp - one of the most popular instant messengers, through which millions of people communicate around the world. However, many users still do not know all the possibilities of service. And among the latter, by the way, there are very useful. Such talk.
1. Adjust the visibility of personal data
Go to "Settings» → «Account» → «Privacy». Here you can set the visibility of personal data: your profile picture, status, and information about your recent visit. If you want this information was hidden all, just select "No one."
For iOS identical settings are under "Privacy" in the account settings.
2. format messages
Not all still know that the text in the messages you can select bold, italic or write negates. To do this in front of a word and after it put a certain character.
To boldface - an asterisk, for italics - an underscore, and for the struck-through text - tilde. For example: * word * _slovo_, the word ~ ~.
3. Respond to a particular message
Correspondence with the active ability to respond to the message you want to avoid confusion and misunderstanding. In WhatsApp, this feature is especially convenient.
You only need to svaypnut of chat messages from left to right, and it will attach to your next message, denoting exactly what exactly you said.
For these, you can simply hold down the message and click on the arrow that appears in the top menu.
4. Add to Favorites Posts
Adding messages to favorites allows you to quickly return to it without using the search chat. This is useful when you want to save some coordinates shopping list, Task, and so on.
To add, simply hold down any message in the correspondence and select the button with the image of stars. It is then added to a special menu, which go on Android is available with three dots in the upper right corner, and on iOS via WhatsApp settings.
5. Use e-mail messages
The total distribution is particularly useful when you need to share something with a large number of users, not joining them at the same time to the group. This feature is available in the menu by pressing the three dots in the upper right corner. The message will be sent to all those who have noted in the contact list. Their answers will be visible only to you.
6. Check that the message was delivered and read
Not everyone knows that in WhatsApp, you can learn the exact time when the man got message and when I read it. To do this, hold down the desired message in the chat, click on the three dots in the upper right corner and select "Info". On iOS, after clamping select "Data" menu.
This feature is very useful when you can not get in touch with the person and do not even know whether he has received your message. However, note that this works only if the user has not disabled "read report" in the privacy settings.
7. Adjust the individual notification
Unlike many other messengers, WhatsApp allows you to configure notifications about new messages or calls for each contact or group basis. This allows, for example, not only to stop the alarm for messages from a certain person, but also to choose specifically for him a tune.
With this option you will be able to know exactly who wrote to you, not even looking at the screen of the smartphone. To set up the need to open a menu or contact the group and scroll to "Individual notification." There, tick "Use", you must edit the required items.
8. Turn off automatic download media
Disabling this feature is particularly useful when roaming, so that your mobile operator may charge you a large fee loading data.
Go to "Settings» → «Data and storage» → «Startup media." You will find three options: "Mobile networks», «Wi-Fi» and «The roaming." In each of these items, uncheck the "Image", "Audio" and "Video".
9. Change your mobile number without data loss
If you have a new SIM card, it does not mean that you need to start another account with WhatsApp. Everything is much simpler. Go to "Settings» → «Account» → «Change number." Confirm your old number, enter it, and you're done.
This allows you to quickly transfer all your group settings, and account information.
10. Protect WhatsApp password
Some things are not meant for the public eye. In particular, your correspondence in WhatsApp. And if you know that someone from your friends or family loves rummaging through other people's messages, the best solution - to protect WhatsApp password. For example, through application ChatLock.
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