Customise WhatsApp notifications

There might be certain contacts you want to know instantly if they are calling or messaging you. To make sure they don’t blend into the crowd, you can change their specific alert tones so you recognise when that particular person has sent you a message or is WhatsApp calling you. iOS & Android: Chats > […]

Find out how long you’ve been ignored for in whatsapp.

There is nothing more annoying than seeing those blue ticks appear without a reply following soon after. If you want to torture yourself a little more and find out when your message was actually read and how long you’ve been ignored for, you can. We don’t advise it though. iOS: Chats > Specific chat > […]

Send a public message privately in whatsapp.

how to Send a public message privately in whatsapp. Ever had a free evening and wanted to ask several of your friends if they are around without having to open up each chat to ask them seperately? You can send a broadcast message to a list of contacts with it appearing as though you’ve asked […]

Bookmark important messages in whatsapp

Some messages are more important than others. Whether it’s a date you need to remember, or a good restaurant you’ve been recommended. It’s possible to bookmark these messages and find them all easily in the Starred Messages section. iOS: Chats > Specific chat > Specific message > Double tap or hold down and press the […]

Get shortcuts to specific conversations in Whatsapp

How to Get shortcuts to specific conversations Do you have a few extra special people you talk to all the time via WhatsApp? We do too. You can create a shortcut for specific conversations on Android, making it easier to access those chats you need all the time. Android: Chats > Specific chat > Menu […]

Hide your profile picture in Whatsapp

Hide your profile pictureYou might not want everyone to see your profile picture, especially if you’re part of several groups where you don’t know everyone in the group. perhaps you just fancy being a little mysterious for the day. Either way, you can choose if everyone, no-one, or only your contacts see your picture. iOS […]

Stop people seeing your messages in Whatsapp

Ever passed your phone to a friend and instantly panicked about the messages they might see come through? Yeah, we haven’t either. For those that have, you can turn off message preview on iOS so only the contact’s name will appear, rather than their life story. In Android, it’s not possible through the WhatsApp app […]

Save your data allowance

Save your data allowance If you’ve got a limited data allowance, you don’t want WhatsApp munching it all away. Thankfully, you can customise when media is allowed to download, as well as ensure calls use as little data as possible. iOS and Android: Settings > Data Usage .

Mark chats as unread in Whatsapp

Ever been out and about, read a chat and then completely forgot to reply? We do it all the time. There is a way to mark important chats with dot to remind you to go back to it though. iOS: Chats > Swipe left to right > Mark as Unread Android: Long press chat > […]

Find who you talk to most – Whatsapp

Who is really your favourite person? It might not be who you think. On iOS, there is a way to find the people you send the most messages to and how much storage each person takes up, among other things. iOS: Settings > Account > Storage Usage > Select Contact.

Hide the blue ticks in Whatsapp

Those blue ticks can get you in a whole world of trouble, especially when you don’t reply instantly and someone sees you have read their messages. You can turn them off, but it’s worth noting that if you do, you won’t get read receipts for your messages either. iOS: Settings > Account > Privacy > […]

Whatsapp Message Status

Every user want to check the delivery of his/her message and want to know that weather the message has been read by the recipient or not. If you are chatting with a single friend then following heck marks will appear next to each message you send. Here is what each one indicates:   Message has […]

Format Text in Whatsapp

WhatsApp finally lets its users to format text while messaging friends. text can be written in written in bold, italic and with words crossed out. Formatted text takes more attraction and attention to the reader, specially Bold, italic and Strike through words word in text. see below Formation is very easy and quickly, there is […]