The popular instant messaging application called whatsapp was founded back 2009 by two programmers which are; Brian Action and Jan Koum , both known as yahoo ex-workers.
After sometime, the application was acquired in February 14, 2014 by Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook.
Whatsapp in 2015 hit over 900 million active users, making the application the biggest instant messaging application in the world.
But the current research has shown that not up to 50% of the active users really know some of the great features of the application which sometime makes it boring.
In this article, I am going to share with you the five (5) great features you should know about the application.
DISABLE LAST SEEN
This is one of the great features whatsapp has just added to the new version of its application, making it possible for it users to disable” last seen status” from its contacts for one reason or the other.
To do this;
Click on settings and look for account option as shown below
After that, five options will come out under the account menu, then look for privacy and click to bring out other options like; last seen, profile photo and status. You can choose to disable any of the options.
RECOVERING DELETED MESSAGES
This added feature is a good one as some user will like to restore their deleted messages.
The best way to restore your deleted messages on the application is to un-install the application itself, and after, re-installs it so that all your messages will be restored from the backup storage
SEND BULK MESSAGES
Let say you have this important message you want to share with some of your contacts for fast delivery, sending it one by one will waste your precious time, so the best way to do it is to make use of the feature called “Broadcast
Broadcast is a new feature added to the latest version of whatsapp to send message(s) to your contacts at the same time.
To do this,
Click menu and check for new broadcast.
Click on new broadcast and select the persons you want to send the message to
After that, click done to get your message input box.
After typing the message, you can then send your message to the selected persons.
CREATE SHORTCUT
If you have this person you normally chat with every sec and you always open the application to reply it message, there is a way you can create a shortcut of the person on your home screen to avoid opening the application every sec.
To do this;
Open your whatsapp application on your phone and long click on the particular contact to bring out some option.
Among the options, check for “Add shortcut to bring the person’s icon to your home screen for easy access.
WHATSAPP ON PC
This feature has been rocking the net for some time now as you can just enter www.whatsapp.com on your Google chrome browser and follow the instructions to get the app working on your pc.
These are the features I can share for now, if you have any other ones you can share with us by making use of the comments box below.
If you see this post helpful, kindly use the share buttons below to share it with your friends. Thanks!
After sometime, the application was acquired in February 14, 2014 by Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook.
Whatsapp in 2015 hit over 900 million active users, making the application the biggest instant messaging application in the world.
But the current research has shown that not up to 50% of the active users really know some of the great features of the application which sometime makes it boring.
In this article, I am going to share with you the five (5) great features you should know about the application.
DISABLE LAST SEEN
This is one of the great features whatsapp has just added to the new version of its application, making it possible for it users to disable” last seen status” from its contacts for one reason or the other.
To do this;
Click on settings and look for account option as shown below
After that, five options will come out under the account menu, then look for privacy and click to bring out other options like; last seen, profile photo and status. You can choose to disable any of the options.
RECOVERING DELETED MESSAGES
This added feature is a good one as some user will like to restore their deleted messages.
The best way to restore your deleted messages on the application is to un-install the application itself, and after, re-installs it so that all your messages will be restored from the backup storage
SEND BULK MESSAGES
Let say you have this important message you want to share with some of your contacts for fast delivery, sending it one by one will waste your precious time, so the best way to do it is to make use of the feature called “Broadcast
Broadcast is a new feature added to the latest version of whatsapp to send message(s) to your contacts at the same time.
To do this,
Click menu and check for new broadcast.
Click on new broadcast and select the persons you want to send the message to
After that, click done to get your message input box.
After typing the message, you can then send your message to the selected persons.
If you have this person you normally chat with every sec and you always open the application to reply it message, there is a way you can create a shortcut of the person on your home screen to avoid opening the application every sec.
To do this;
Open your whatsapp application on your phone and long click on the particular contact to bring out some option.
Among the options, check for “Add shortcut to bring the person’s icon to your home screen for easy access.
WHATSAPP ON PC
This feature has been rocking the net for some time now as you can just enter www.whatsapp.com on your Google chrome browser and follow the instructions to get the app working on your pc.
These are the features I can share for now, if you have any other ones you can share with us by making use of the comments box below.
If you see this post helpful, kindly use the share buttons below to share it with your friends. Thanks!
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