Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – WhatsApp is one of the most used applications in the world. Although last year, BusinessofApps data recorded that TikTok was the most downloaded by 850 million users, while WhatsApp had 600 million users.
NahActually, WhatsApp which is owned by Facebook (now Meta) has many features, but not many users know its function.
One of them is about voice messages (voice notes). Most people use voicemail because it is considered easier. But not many know that voice messages can be heard before they are sent, you know. This feature was introduced this year. But not many people know like some of the other features.
Let’s check out other ‘secret’ features as reported by official WhatsApp sources:
1. Hear Voice Messages Before Sending
Many have demanded that voicemails be reviewed before sending them. This year WhatsApp has fulfilled people’s wishes. Now the sender can hear the voice message before sending it. So you can redo or delete it first.
How to hear WhatsApp voice messages before sending them?
First of all, open WhatsApp, then open the chat box of the person you want to send a voice message to, hold the microphone and record the voice message. Then press the home button, then go back to the chat contact and click the Play button to listen to the voice message.
This method can be used for both Android and iOS users.
2. Disappearing Messages
With this feature, you can send messages that will automatically disappear after some time. You can activate it by opening the contact you want to contact and then clicking on the name at the top then press Disappearing Messages and select ‘on’.
For the record, this feature will remove all messages once enabled. However, the images sent will be saved directly to the sending and receiving devices automatically.
3. Custom Notifications
You can set the notification sound for each WhatsApp contact as you like. This can be done on both Android and iOS devices.
To use it, Android users can press Menu and select View Contact and proceed to Custom Notifications. Next check the contact section and complete the setup.
While you iPhone users can press the cognac name and select Custom Tone.
4. Export Chat
You can save chats by using this feature. On Android, the trick is to press the menu button and select More and enter the Export Chat menu. On iPhone, press the name of the cognac and then scroll down the screen. After finding Contact Info, select Export Chat.
5. Message Details
WhatsApp also provides a message detail feature. Where you can see the status of the message you sent whether it has been read or not.
On iPhone, to view message details by swiping left over the sent message. For Android, you can see it by pressing the message and the next menu button Info appears.
6. Starred Messages
This feature can be used to mark important messages. So you can search for it quickly without the need to search for it with a lot of messages in WhatsApp. How to activate it by pressing the chat you want to tag and press the star icon.
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