WhatsApp tips that will make your life easier

WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in India. Today, it is the most important means of communication on smartphones. This app has many useful features that make it easily accessible to 200 million users in India and 1.2 billion users worldwide. But not every user knows about these features. You may be one of them. Don’t sit back! We will tell you about such features with the help of which chatting will become easier and more fun than before. Keep reading to know about 6 interesting features of WhatsApp.

1. Easy text format on WhatsApp
WhatsApp also provides the facility to format text. If you want, you can make any text bold, italicize and strikethrough. All this is possible through special characters.

Bold text: Place an asterisk sign before or after the text (*bold*)
Italicize: Place an underscore sign before the text (_italics_)
Strikethrough: Add tildes around text (~tilde~)

However, this manual method was not very convenient. WhatsApp has fixed this shortcoming through the latest beta update. Users using WhatsApp Android beta app version 2.12.535 or later can choose these formats by going to the settings.

2. Forward WhatsApp messages to multiple contacts at once
Earlier, WhatsApp only had the facility to forward a message to one contact at a time. However, since the end of last year, the company has provided the user with the facility to forward a message to multiple users and groups at once. For this, you have to select the message, then tap on the forward button and after that select the users and groups to whom the message is to be sent.

3. How to broadcast a message to multiple WhatsApp users
Many times it happens that you want to send a specific message to many users at once. And the problem you face is that all those users are not part of any specific group. In such a situation, sending a message to each user one by one can be troublesome. In such a situation, through the WhatsApp Broadcast feature, you can send a message to a maximum of 256 people simultaneously. However, for this, those users must be a part of your contact.

To use this feature on Android, tap on the three dot icon at the top of the screen. After this, choose the option of New Broadcast and select the contacts to whom you want to send the message. And now write the message and send it.

4. Call back and voice mail on WhatsApp
If you call someone on WhatsApp and the user does not pick up the phone, you can call that person again from the calling screen. When your call is not answered, WhatsApp shows you three options – cancel, call back and record voice message. In this way, you can call back that person directly from the screen. Or you can send a voice message, which the company has named voice mail. After this, the voice message will appear in the chat window of that person, just below the missed call icon.

5. GIF Search in WhatsApp
By now, most WhatsApp users are familiar with GIFs. But did you know that you can send GIFs to any of your friends using the default keyboard? The GIF search feature lets you search for GIFs from Giphy’s extensive library and send them to your friends. To choose a GIF on Android, open the emoji keyboard and then tap the GIF button. You will see a search icon at the bottom left of the screen. Tap on it and search for the GIF of your choice by typing the correct keyword.

6. Siri can become the voice of your WhatsApp messages
After the new update of WhatsApp on iPhone, Siri has got the ability to read messages. This feature can prove to be very useful while driving. Suppose you get a message. Then say, “Hey Siri, read my last WhatsApp message,” and after this the digital assistant will read the message to you. However, the digital assistant Siri can read your message only once. You cannot ask it to repeat it.