WhatsApp is one of the most popular mobile messengers to date. The number of his fans is growing steadily thanks to a stable connection, high-quality video transmission and the ability to organize conference calls between users located in different parts of the world. But Vatsap has non-obvious functions that make the use of the messenger even more convenient. We’ll talk about them today.

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Those who not only make video calls, but actively communicate with WhatsApp, will be pleasantly surprised by the hidden options that make written messages more expressive, and sending them even more comfortable.

No. 1: text formatting

To select a phrase, word or part of the text, you need nothing at all: put down the corresponding icons at the beginning and end of the desired section:

  • enter * if you want to make the text bold;
  • put _ to highlight italics;
  • for strikethrough spelling, use the ~ badges.

No. 2: send messages conveniently

If you wrote a text message and do not want those to whom you send it to know about other mailing recipients, the Chat option will help you:

  • on iOS:
  1. we find the tab "Chats";
  2. at the top left click "Broadcast Lists" - this is the list editor;
  3. create a new list: “New List”;
  4. add recipient: “Add Contacts”;
  • on Andriod:
  1. open the "Chats";
  2. we need a menu;
  3. there we find a new newsletter: "New Broadcast".

No. 3: do not show that you read the message

It turns out that if you do not want the sender of the message to know that it has been read, you can turn off the notification option from your smartphone. This is done as follows:

  1. Settings
  2. Account;
  3. Confidentiality tab
  4. remove the bird from the column reading reports.

That's it, now no one will know if you have read the message or not.

# 4: turn off the last login time report

Following the previous option is another: a report on the visit to the chat. If you want to hide the time when you last opened WhatsApp, this feature is available in the "Settings":

  • open an account;
  • in the column "Was (s)" we note: "Nobody."

The time the last time you were online will not be displayed to anyone.

No. 5: save yourself from the annoying interlocutor

Sometimes you want someone to shut up. And if in personal communication you can just leave, or ask to be silent, or somehow interrupt the talkative vis-a-vis, then chatting removes restrictions from monologues. But not in Vatsap. There is a way to protect yourself from the flow of words.

This is done as follows:

  1. open the chat window with the interlocutor whose messages bother you;
  2. click on his name;
  3. in the menu that appears, note: "Do not disturb";
  4. Now we assign a period of 8 hours to 1 year.

You can read all incoming messages at any time: they will still be available. Just notifications about them will not bother you.

No. 6: tell where you are

WhatsApp makes it possible to tell the interlocutor your exact geolocation. This function is especially useful if online maps or the navigator can’t cope, and friends, for example, are going to your place.

To direct them correctly, send the exact location as follows.

From Android:

  1. Make sure GPS is turned on in your phone. If not, enable it:
  2. Go to the phone settings;
  3. In the “Location” tab, put a bird in front of “Using GPS”.
  4. Open a dialogue with the user in Watsap.
  5. In the text message input field, click on the “Paperclip” icon (attach).
  6. From the icons that appear, select the "Location" icon and confirm the action.

From iPhone:

  1. Enter the smartphone settings, turn on the GPS geolocation:
  2. open the tab "Privacy";
  3. Find the "Geolocation Service" and activate the definition of geolocation;
  4. from the list, select WhatsApp, confirm the permission.
  5. Open a chat with the right person.
  6. Click on a paper clip in the text box.
  7. Mark the "Place" icon, confirm your confidence.

Done! Friends definitely won't go astray ... If they have the Internet.

WhatsApp has a lot of different possibilities, not all are listed here. Chat and discover new horizons every day!