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WhatsApp is the most popular mobile messenger in the world, writes OMG Voice.

Today it is used by more than a billion people around the world! Most likely, you are one of them too.

1. WhatsApp web client.

WhatsApp has an official web client that allows you to communicate with friends via your computer. This client has all the functions of the mobile application built into it.

Unfortunately, the WhatsApp web client currently only officially supports Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry 10. iPhone users can only use the web client if they are jailbroken.

2. Exchange of documents.

You can send documents (any up to 100 MB) directly to WhatsApp chat from Google drive and iCloud. To do this, click the “attach document” icon and select where to get the document from (Google Drive or iCloud).

3. Text formatting.

You can format text in WhatsApp messages by adding characters at the beginning and end of the word.

For a bold test, you need to put asterisks before the word/phrase and after the word/phrase. For italics you need to put an underscore, and for strikethrough text you need to put a tilde (~).

Symbols can be combined with each other.

4. Find out who you talk to most.

You can recognize the person you correspond with most often.

To do this (iOS only), go to Settings > Account > Storage Usage. Here you will see a list of people and groups, WhatsApp messages, and the total number of interactions you have had with that person/group.

5. Monitor your WhatsApp stats.

To find out how many messages you've sent and received, how much data you've transferred, etc., go to Settings > Network data usage. There you can also reset the statistics.

Additionally, in the Data Usage menu, you can limit WhatsApp's data usage and allow the messenger to only download images, audio, videos, and documents when your phone is connected to Wi-Fi.

6. Disable read receipts.

Once you receive a message, do not open it; Turn on airplane mode, which blocks free Wi-Fi and mobile data, and only then read the entire message. Then close the app and turn off airplane mode.

The job is done, the message is read, the interlocutor doesn’t know about it!

7. Recovering deleted messages.

There is a wonderful service called Recover Messages that can easily recover all lost or deleted WhatsApp data. However, you will have to copy the WhatsApp database to your computer first.

1. To do this, simply connect your smartphone or tablet to your computer and copy the file “/sdcard/WhatsApp/Databases/msgstore.db.crypt” to your computer. This WhatsApp database storage path applies to all devices except iOS.

If you have an iPhone or iPad, then look for the database at “net.whatsapp.Whatsapp/Documents/ChatStorage.sqlite#sthash.lvFNd0N6.dpuf”.

2. Once you are done copying, go to recovermessages.com website, click on the Select SQLite File button and download the WhatsApp database file that you copied to your PC earlier.

4. The speed of the process depends on the speed of your Internet connection and the size of your WhatsApp database. Once the scan is completed, you will be prompted to recover your deleted data.

5. Recovered messages will be displayed on the website.

8. Block WhatsApp.

Don't want your friends to read your messages? Special applications (for different OSes) will block WhatsApp using a PIN code.

By the way, these same applications can block your Facebook.

9. Disable automatic saving of images in the photo album.

In the WhatsApp app for iOS, you need to go to Settings > Chat Settings and uncheck the “Save. entrance. files". After this, WhatsApp will no longer save images sent to you in the photo library.

On Android, you can take advantage of open file system access and rename the WhatsApp Images folder. Connect your smartphone to your computer or use any file manager to find the desired folder.

In your file manager, open sdcard > WhatsApp > Media. Find the folder called WhatsApp Images and rename it to .WhatsApp Images. A dot added to the folder name will hide it so that it will no longer be visible in the photo gallery.

10. Create GIFs.

Starting with version 2.16.16, WhatsApp for iOS provides the ability to exchange GIF images with your interlocutors.

Please note that the duration of GIFs used in WhatsApp on iPhone is limited to six seconds.

1. Open a chat with the person you want to send a GIF animation to.

2. Click on the camera icon.

3. Press and hold the large round button to record a video, or click the “Media Library” button on the left (if you need to select a finished video from the Media Library).

4. Edit the footage by length, and also use the tools in the top menu to add text, emoticons or hand-drawn drawings to the video.

5. Set the format switch to GIF and click the Send button.

11. Image editing.

You can also draw on pictures or put text and emoticons on them. Go to the Media Library and select the image file you need. It will automatically open in the photo editor.

At the top right there is a menu of options: add text, emoticon or drawing. Once added, the size and color of the images can be changed.

12. Communicate in different languages.

If you want to chat in another language, open WhatsApp, go to Settings > Select chats and click “Application language”. Now select your desired language.

13. Notifications about individual contacts.

If you want to receive activity notifications from specific contacts on your list, it's very easy to set up. Open the corresponding contact, click on the top bar and select “Notification settings”.

14. How to know that your message has been read.

To find out if someone has read your message, long press on the message, then select the information icon (i) at the top. You will know if it has been read.

Please note that this feature does not work if your contact has read receipts turned off.

Thanks to the abundance of useful functions of WhatsApp, the number of its fans is rapidly increasing every day. Many users are not even aware of the existence of additional features in the program that simplify communication with the interlocutor. Next we’ll tell you about 20 secret tricks that few people know about.

Whatsapp secrets: tricks, features of the WhatsApp program

We bring to your attention the TOP 20 secret functions of the messenger:

Hide your app activity from other users

Messenger users are given the opportunity to enable the “Invisible” mode. If you do not want your friends to see information about your last visit to the messenger, then use the privacy settings. Follow these steps:

1. In your profile settings, click the “Account” tab, then “Privacy”.
2. Select which users will have access to information about their profile status, avatar, and time of visit.

Forwarding chats to email

In order to preserve your valuable chat, send a copy of it to your email inbox.

1. Go to the desired chat.
2. Click the button in the form of three vertical dots. From the context menu, select the “Send by mail” tab.
3. In the new window, enter the shipping address.

Protect your WhatsApp from intruders

To create a password for the messenger, you will need to install a third-party utility. There are many auxiliary applications on the software market that are simultaneously adapted for Android and iOS devices. A special place among them belongs to Chat Lock. You can install the program from Google Play - for Android, App Store - for IPhone.

View information about the amount of memory used

A huge flow of text messages and multimedia files can clog the memory of the device you are using. To find out how much memory WhatsApp has consumed, follow these steps:

1. Go to “Settings” of the messenger.
2. Then go to the “Account” and “Storage” sections.
3. Click "Volume".
4. The “Total capacity” item displays general information about the memory used, including the application itself.

Format your messages

When sending messages, three types of text formatting are available: bold, italic, and strikethrough. To apply them to specific words in the text, you need to highlight them. The symbols for italics are “_”, for bold – “*” and for strikethrough – “~”.

Use the messenger functionality via PC

Since the official version of WhatsApp for PC has not yet been developed, you can use the browser version of the messenger as an alternative. Go to web.whatsapp.com. A window with a graphic code will open on the main page of the messenger. Launch the WhatsApp mobile application on your smartphone. In the menu, click the “WhatsApp web” section. Point the activated phone camera at the PC monitor screen with the QR code image.

Recover deleted WhatsApp correspondence

In order to save correspondence in chats, you will need to set up backup. To do this:

• Go to the “Settings” of the application.
• Then go to the “Chats” and “Backup of chats” section.

Check the box next to the more appropriate option “Daily”, “Weekly” or “Monthly”. The system can save correspondence only when the smartphone is turned on. You can recover a lost message or correspondence after installing the program again.

Use the quote option

Instead of screenshotting and copying the text of messages, you can use quoting. For Android smartphones:

• Select the message you want to reply to.
• Click on it and hold your finger for two seconds.
• Then tap on the arrow located on the left of the interface.

You can read other people's correspondence

To do this, you will need the smartphone of the person whose correspondence you plan to read. Launch the web version of WhatsApp on your personal computer. Then open the application on your smartphone. In the messenger menu, click “WhatsApp web”. To enter your profile, you need to scan a QR code.

Check if you are being followed

To do this, follow these steps:

1. Launch WhatsApp on your smartphone.
2. Click on whatsapp web menu.
3. A window will open with information about devices used by the application without your knowledge. If you have such a device, go to the Google Maps application to determine the location of the scammer.

Turn off notifications in chats

If endless discussions in group chats bother you, turn off the notification sound in the messenger. To do this, go to the desired chat, click on the “Do not disturb” button located at the top of the dialog box. Uncheck the box next to “Show notifications.”

Disable the option to save media files

Photos, gifs, pictures, audio and video files that you receive are automatically saved on your phone. To disable this option on an Android device you will need:

• Install a file manager from the Play Market (if it has not been installed previously).
• Go to the messenger, then to the “Media” and “Whatsapp images” section.
• Create a “.nomedia” file.

Find out when your text message was delivered to your interlocutor

If the user needs to find out this information, he will need to select the sent message and press I, this letter is located above the text.

Add an important contact to your home screen

This option is supported only by Android smartphones. In the application menu, click “Contacts”. Select the required user from the list. Go to the chat, then tap on the icon in the form of three dots located vertically. Select “Create Shortcut”.

From your contact list, select a specific user. Click on his name to go to the chat. In the chat “Settings”, select the “Media” section.

It is possible to change the number

If the phone number linked to your WhatsApp account is no longer valid, then in order to link a new one, go to the application settings. Find the “Change number” tab. Here you will need to enter the details of the old and then the new number. The latter will receive a secret code, which you will need to enter in the appropriate line.

Permanent account deletion

To delete a profile and all its data, in the privacy settings, click “Delete account”.

Traffic savings

To download multimedia files automatically, select the “Data” section of the program menu, then check the box next to the appropriate method. It is recommended to choose wi-fi.

Blocking messenger users

If you want to get rid of annoying WhatsApp users forever, block access to your profile. Go to the chat with this user, in the settings, click the “Block contact” button.

Installation of one WhatsApp on two phones

Connect root rights on your smartphone and install the auxiliary utility – Titanium Backup. You can download the program for free from the official source - Play Market. Read detailed instructions for installing and configuring the program on our website.

Back in early 2016, the messenger audience whatsapp, which Facebook currently owns, has exceeded billion. And in Russia, the social service remains one of the most popular means of correspondence, sharing first and second places with Viber.

It’s a pity, personal observations show that most users do not know even the banal techniques of using the service’s mobile application. Correcting the situation.

1. Highlight important information with formatting

If you need to highlight important information in your correspondence in bold, italics, or strikethrough, enclose it in asterisks (* fatty*), underscores (_ italics _) or waves (˜ crossed out ˜), respectively.

2. Add the most useful messages to your favorites

After long pressing on an important message, tap on the star icon. And you will find all the information marked this way in the list of favorites in the settings of the mobile application.

By the way, in the same way, reply to a specific message, copy, delete or forward it to another user.

3. Send messages without an Internet connection

In the latest versions of the program, the developers allowed users to put messages in a sending queue without the Internet. They will be automatically transferred to the recipient after connecting to the network.

Pay attention! To ensure that messages are sent accurately, log into the application after connecting to the Internet. If the smartphone unloads it from memory in the background, the recipient will not receive the information.

4. Get sent or read information

To get information about sending or reading a message, swipe it across the screen from right to left. This will open a menu with the exact times of the first and second questions.

5. Turn off notifications from annoying interlocutors

If you are unable to receive notifications from your annoying interlocutor or their group, turn them off in the recipient’s menu, which will open from them at the top of the screen. Select item here "Do not disturb" and time for silence.

6. Mute notification sounds for some spam chats

When you communicate via WhatsApp with a whole group of interlocutors, it makes sense to turn off the notification sound. To do this, change the destination menu to unselected.

For example, with the help of this life hack, I turned off the sound of notifications for the chat of apartment owners in my building, who spam on business and not.

7. Do not save photos and videos to the standard gallery

To avoid cluttering your device's personal gallery with images and videos, disable automatic saving of this content in the chat menu of the application settings.

8. Share your exact location with family and friends

If you can't find each other in a big city or unknown area, send a message with your geolocation. In this case, the application will offer a selection of establishments near which you are located.

9. Export work correspondence for processing

To do this, go to the recipient's menu and select the appropriate item below. When the program generates a file with history, it will offer to send it by email or in another way for further processing.

By the way, it is saved to a text file displaying the date and time of each message and packed into an archive.

10. Check your mobile internet statistics

This can be done in the statistics menu, which is located in the data and storage section of the application settings. In addition to the amount of traffic, there is the number of messages sent and received, and so on.

Today it is the most famous mobile messenger in the world, which is confirmed by the total number of users - about 800 million.

SIM card for working with WhatsApp

To use the messenger, you will need to pay WhatSim annually, which is $11.60. The SIM card's range extends to 150 countries around the world, where it can be used to connect to 400 operators. This is especially convenient for people who use roaming, since you can almost always stay in touch with loved ones.

Saving important data

Backup and restoration of history is carried out using a built-in function in the form of backup. Data recovery can also be performed if necessary. Similar features are available for Android and iOS versions. In the case of an iPhone, iCloud must be enabled.

Push notifications

The option in the form of Push notifications is available for owners of iOS devices. If you have a jailbreak, you can set a special tweak OnlineNotify, which will be triggered every time a message is entered or a contact enters the network.

Calls via WhatsApp

The WhatsApp team has been working for a long time towards introducing VoIP. The development provides support for voice communication. Today this function has begun to operate and delight users with excellent sound quality. Now you can make calls from both Android and iPhone smartphones.

WhatsMac native app

Available for all Mac owners who want to take advantage of all the available features like the WhatsApp web client. Just like Blackberry 10, Windows Phone and Android owners, Mac owners will also be able to take full advantage of the application. In order for the development to take effect on the iPhone, you need to have a jailbreak. In this case, the previously described tweak is installed.

Desktop with WhatsApp notifications

WAToolkkit is a special plugin designed to be installed in the Chrome browser. With its help, received messages in the web client will become “attributes” of the desktop. If the browser is closed, notifications will still be displayed.

Android and WhatsApp blocking

Messenger and Chat Lock is a special application designed for Android, which is intended for everyone who wants to lock their correspondence not only on WhatsApp, but also on the much-visited Facebook. For this, a PIN code will be used, which it is advisable not to forget later.

iPhone and Quick Replies

As you know, Apple has a standard “Messages” application, which has a function called “Quick Replies”. Users have figured out how to make it work not only in iOS 8, but also with the WhatsApp messenger. To achieve this, you just need to get the Nuntius tweak and jailbreak.

WhatsApp web client

For convenient communication via a computer, the messenger provides a special web client. This official development contains all the necessary functions available in the mobile application. The only thing is that the development does not work on all operating systems, only on the most common ones - Blackberry 10, Windows Phone and Android. Regarding the iPhone, jailbreaking can help here.

iPhone and Favorite Contacts Widget

There is such a development as Shortcut for WhatsApp Plus, which provides the ability to add links to messenger contacts, for which the iOS Notification Center is used. For Android owners, just touch and hold the conversation window, and then perform the required action - “Add a link to the conversation.” As a result, the required link will appear on the device screen, directed to a specific contact taken from WhatsApp.

Tablets combined with WhatsApp

Of the numerous search queries, “WhatsApp on Tablets” is among the most frequently asked. If owners of an iPad and iPod touch are reading this article, then there is indeed a real opportunity to launch WhatsApp without using jailbreak. Owners of tablets with Android OS will have to do a little work in terms of independently searching and downloading the WhatsApp executable file. This is due to the fact that you cannot find what you are looking for in Google Play search results. If the download was successful, then you can go to the standard Settings and the Security submenu and check the box next to Unknown sources. After this, the application starts and you will then need to enter a number to receive a verification code. If the code is entered correctly, WhatsApp starts without problems.

Phone book and photo synchronization of WhatsApp contacts

AvatarSync is a special development that allows you to synchronize photos of mobile messenger contacts with the phone book located on the iPhone. Available for iOS users. If you have Android OS, it is better to use Google Play, which offers a huge number of applications. The most popular today are Contact Photo Sync, as well as Sync.me.

Deactivation of the status called “Was online”

The messenger initially has built-in permission to show the user's last online presence. If this setting does not suit you, then it can be changed, which has become available for special applications designed for iOS, as well as Android. First, WhatsApp launches and then you need to follow the subsequent transition: from Settings to Account and Privacy, where you select the Was(es) sub-item. Finally, Nobody is selected from the list that appears.

WhatsApp and number change

If you don’t want to lose your history of received and sent messages, as well as other data, after changing your number, then there are simple instructions after installing a new SIM card. iPhone owners need to launch the mobile application and go to Settings. Then go to Profile, where you should find Change number. Two fields will be shown, where the old phone number is entered in one, and the new one in the other. Press Done.

Android owners should also go from Menu to Settings, where Profile will be selected and then Change number. Similarly, two fields will be displayed, where, as in the first case, telephone numbers are entered - old and new. Confirmation of actions - Done.

WhatsApp customization

It is quite possible to customize a mobile messenger to suit your needs, for which there are various third-party applications. For example, Cydia offers for download one of the most popular developments today. But here, too, there are exceptions. The same Android owners cannot use WhatsApp+, since this is not allowed by WhatsApp itself. The only thing available to Google phone users is replacing the image on the background, for which in the official version of the application you need to enable the corresponding value in the current settings.

WhatsApp on various operating systems

Few people will refuse to use the messenger not only remotely, but also on Windows or OS X using Android. For this purpose, ARC Welder was developed - a special extension installed on Google Chrome, which will help you launch WhatsApp on a desktop computer without any problems.

Disabling autosaving of received images in the photo library

Not everyone likes the default function, so iOS owners can resolve the issue of auto-saving received images in the appropriate album as follows. After launching WhatsApp, Settings opens, where you need to go to the so-called Chat Settings. Next, uncheck the box next to Save incoming files.

Android users are asked to follow these steps. The smartphone is connected to a desktop computer, after which there is a folder called WhatsApp Images. To find it, you need to sequentially go from sdcard, WhatsApp to Media. Here you need to put a dot in front of the previously specified folder name, so it turns out.” WhatsApp Images". A specially added dot will make the folder “invisible” in the photo gallery.

iOS and sending photographic images

According to WhatsApp's capabilities, one message can contain a limited number of images - no more than a dozen. In some cases, this installation is quite annoying, which is why WhatsApp Unlimited Media was developed for iPhone. You can use it after jailbreaking.

The Voice for WhatsApp application is developed for Android and is presented in the form of a modification. When activated, incoming messages are reproduced by voice reading. An additional feature of the modification utility is support for voice commands.

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