No matter how religiously you use a particular app, there are always certain features that you might not know about the app. Same is the case with the celebrated app, WhatsApp. WhatsApp is loaded with a bunch of features and settings that although clearly visible, might not have attracted your attention. Because who has the time to go through all the lavish settings.
We checked every nook and corner of WhatsApp Android app and made it easy for you to enjoy the beauty of WhatsApp. So, here we present to you an assortment of WhatsApp tips and tricks for Android.
Customize to your heart’s content
Change the color of an emoji
Emojis are meant to be fun and expressive, not bland and restrictive — that typical emoji-yellow isn’t really flattering. Thankfully, WhatsApp lets you express your colors, without any hassle, whenever you feel like it. Please note that you cannot change the color of the emojis in regular chats; the rules only apply to images you send/forward and status updates.
Step 1: Open the image you want to send/set as your status — we’ll use the latter to demonstrate.
Step 2: Tap on the emoji button and take your pick.
Step 3: Once the emoji pops up on the screen, run your finger over the slider.
Step 4: Once satisfied, just move your finger from the slider and hit send.
Step 5: Similarly, if you’re looking to add a speech bubble, adjust the slider to change the color.
Additionally, you could rotate the bubble with two fingers to rotate the direction of the arrow.
Change font color and style of text
If you thought changing the color of emojis was fun, you’re going to be thrilled to see the things you can do to texts. Not only can you change the color of texts, but you can also tweak the style of the texts. Once again, these customizations aren’t applicable to regular chats and are for texts on forwarded/uploaded images and status updates.
Step 1: Open the image you want to send/set as your status — we’ll use the latter to demonstrate.
Step 2: Tap on the text button and write something.
Step 3: Change the color by adjusting the adjacent slider.
Step 4: Now, to change the style of the text, press and hold the slide and drag across your screen. You’ll get three different font styles — apart from the default — to choose from. Let go of the slider to finalize your selection.
Turn off conversation tones
There is a reason why this tip gets the number one rank. However, other tips are not in any particular order.
Okay dear WhatsApp users, you must have noticed that during an ongoing chat there is an annoying sound that plays while sending and receiving messages. Well, you can turn that off. I repeat, YOU CAN TURN THAT OFF. And you should. Please!
To turn off conversation tones, follow the steps:
Open WhatsApp messenger and tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner.
Select “Settings” from the menu and then tap “Notifications”.
Uncheck the “Conversation tones” to disable the sound for incoming and outgoing messages.
The steps are facile, so no excuse. 😛
Keep separate tone for individual chats and groups
By default, both group notifications and individual chat notifications have same tone on WhatsApp. If you are like me, who likes to differentiate between the two incoming notifications using their tone, you should keep a different tone for group and individual chats. And thankfully, WhatsApp allows you to do that.
To keep separate tone for WhatsApp chats and groups, follow the steps:
Open WhatsApp messenger and tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner.
Select “Settings” from the menu and then tap “Notifications”.
Change the tone for individual chats in “Notification tone” under Message notifications and for group chats, change the tone in “Notification tone” under Group notifications.
Use custom notifications for contacts and groups
Similar to custom ringtones on your device, WhatsApp lets you keep separate notification tone for each of your contacts. You can keep custom tone for as many contacts as you want. Moreover, you can set custom notifications for different groups as well.
To set custom notifications, follow the steps:
Open the individual WhatsApp chat thread and tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner.
Select “View contact” from the menu and then tap “Custom Notifications”.
Enable “Use custom notifications” and change the notification settings as per your liking.
You can change notification tone, ringtone, vibration, light and even popup notification in the setting.
Psst. To keep custom tone for a group, follow same steps for groups as well.
Reset notifications
After fiddling with notification settings of WhatsApp, if you are not satisfied with the result and want to return to the default notifications, you can do that by following the steps given below.
Open WhatsApp messenger and tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner.
Select “Settings” from the menu and then tap “Notifications”.
Tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner and hit “Reset notification settings”.
All your WhatsApp notification settings shall return to the default values.
Mute chats and block contacts
Bothered by annoying people on WhatsApp? Well, just mute them! If you don’t want to receive notifications from a particular individual and block is not an option for you, try muting them. Similarly, if you are part of good-for-nothing WhatsApp groups and can’t exit from them, “Mute” might be your savior.
To mute a conversation, follow the steps:
Open an individual or the group chat that you want to mute.
Tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner and hit “Mute”. You will be asked to select the time period for which you want to mute the conversation. Select the time and tap Ok.
Alternatively, long touch an individual or a group chat thread under the “chats” on WhatsApp home screen and tap the speaker icon with a line on it to mute the conversation.
To unmute an individual or a group chat, repeat the steps in any of the two methods.
However, if you can’t take it anymore and would prefer to block the contact, follow the steps:
Open the chat thread that you want to block.
Tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner and hit “More”.
Tap “Block” from the menu.
Hide WhatsApp last seen
WhatsApp gives you three privacy options for your last seen: Everyone, your contacts, and Nobody. Everyone means all the people who have saved your number in their address book can see your last seen irrespective of whether you have saved their number or not. My contacts means only the people who are in your address book can see your last seen (if your number is saved with them as well). Lastly, Nobody means no one can see your last seen, be it your contacts or others. Last seen will be completely hidden.
There is a twist in the tale, if you keep the privacy setting to “nobody”, then you also won’t be able to view others last seen. So, basically, if you want to remove last seen for a particular person, keep the setting to “My contacts” and remove them from your contact. You are welcome. 🙂
To change the last seen setting, follow the steps:
Open WhatsApp messenger and tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner.
Select “Settings” from the menu and then tap “Account”, followed by “Privacy”.
Tap “Last seen”, and choose the option – Everyone, My contacts, Nobody, as per your need.
Turn off blue ticks and hide read receipts
Similar to last seen, blue ticks are annoying and that too on another level. You can turn off blue ticks and hide read timestamp so that when you read the message, other people will only see gray double ticks and not blue ticks. Also, no time will be shown on the “read” receipt.
However, again similar to last seen, if you turn off the read receipt, you won’t be able to see double ticks and read receipt.
To turn off read receipt, follow the steps:
Open WhatsApp messenger and tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner.
Select “Settings” from the menu and then tap “Account”, followed by “Privacy”.
Turn off “Read receipts”.
Hide notifications from lock screen
There is no direct way to hide WhatsApp notification content from the lock screen. However, there is a simple trick, not even a trick, but Android functionality that permits you to hide notification content.
To prevent your messages from being read by people, you will have to disable the lock screen notifications. And to do so, follow the steps:
Open Android device settings.
Go to “Apps/Application Manager” followed by “WhatsApp”.
Tap “Notifications”.
Enable “Hide notifications on lock screen”. This setting is known by different names on different devices. But, it would have “lock screen” in the name, so look for the same. That rhymes. 🙂
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