Their latest update brings a bunch of super useful features that you need to known about, including disabling read receipts at last. Let me educate you on the other features hiding in the nooks and crannies of WhatsApp. As usual, I'll take credit, not cash.
Bold, italics and understrike your messages
Make yourself heard. But not to the point of being rude with an all caps ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME message. Instead, just bold your text to bring more attention to what you're saying, or be a bit more subtle and italics certain parts of your message.
Also, be a little snarky and do a strikethrough when you intend to express a sorry, not sorry message to your friends.
How: to bold, add an * before and after the text, so it should look like *Hey*. For italics, add _ before and after the text, giving you _Hey)_. And finally to strikethrough your text, add ~ before and after the word, so you'll get ~Hey~
Send PDF and Word documents to people
This isn't exactly new but it's high time WhatsApp added the feature. A recent update allows you to send documents to fellow WhatsAppers.
How: For Android users, tap on the attachment icon on the top right corner of the interface. iOS users, land your thumb on the arrow up icon on the bottom left. You should see a new Document option, so go crazy and start sending documents to your friends.
Data savings
If you ever bothered looking at which apps consume the most data on your iPhone, chances are WhatsApp ranks high up there since you use it to send photos of your lunch to everyone. As if self aware of its data-hungry habits, WhatsApp has revamped its Settings tab for iOS and Android, this includes a brand new option that every data cap-buster will appreciate. Called Data Usage, this is your one-stop shop for watching your WhatsApp diet.
How: Go to Settings, then tap on Data Usage. In there you’ll find options pertaining to the type of media you can receive and whether you should always only accept them on Wi-Fi, or both Wi-Fi and Cellular. If you’re dangerously close to the limit, make sure everything is only on Wi-Fi, so the next photo of your friend’s dog won’t push you dangerously nearer the edge.
Also handy is the Low Data Usage for WhatsApp calls. Make sure that’s switched to make your WhatsApp calls with better peace of mind.
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