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One of the many reasons for the popularity of WhatsApp is its ease of use. Since the app is designed to appeal to users of all ages and demographics, it doesn’t take much effort to get started.
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However, the service has been progressively accumulating features over the years, and there’s a lot more to it now than meets the eye than there was in the past. We took a deep dive into the app and discovered several useful features that you might not have seen the first time around.
1. Privately reply to a message in a group chat
If you want to reply to a message in a group chat privately, your first inclination should be to forward the message to the person who is the subject of your reply. However, doing so requires you to search for the one-on-one conversation within your contact list, which is not the most efficient course of action to take. Alternatively, you can try doing the following:
To privately reply to a message in a group chat using an Android device, touch and hold the message, then tap the three dots icon in the top right corner of the screen. Just start typing your reply at this point, and it will appear as a reply to the precise message you were replying to.
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The procedure to do this is a bit different on iOS. You can privately reply to a message in a group chat by pressing and holding the message, selecting More, and then selecting Reply Privately.
2. Send a voice message hands-free
If you send a lot of voice messages, you must have realized at some point that it is tiring to hold the microphone icon. It’s also annoying when your hand slips while recording and you send an incomplete story. With the following function, you can fix these problems:
In any chat, touch and hold the microphone icon, then swipe up to lock. You’ll notice that the text field you’re used to is gone, replaced by an interface made for voice messages. Here, you can stop your recording in the middle, listen to it first, send it, or delete it.
3. Send text in bold or italics
Text messages differ from spoken communication in that they make it difficult to convey tone. Some words may need to be emphasized and capitalization and punctuation may not always be appropriate. The bold, italic and strikethrough text editing options that are available in WhatsApp will come in handy in this situation.
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put an asterisk
or an underscore (_) on each side of the word to make it bold. Put tildes () on both sides of the word so that it is crossed out.
4. Mark chats as unread
Do you often forget to reply to people in a chat after opening it, either by accident or on purpose? If this has gotten you into a sticky situation because you’ve missed something vital, marking chats as unread can help you out of trouble.
To mark a chat as unread on an Android device, simply long-press on a conversation, select the menu with the three dots, and then select Mark as unread. On iOS, the procedure is simplified, as all that is required to designate a chat as unread is to swipe from left to right.
5. Clear all chats
Want to start fresh and get rid of your cluttered chat list? You can delete all chats in WhatsApp for iOS by going to Settings > Chats > Delete all chats. This will not only remove all content from a conversation, but you’ll also need to start a new chat for each contact you have.
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If you are using an Android device, the simplest approach to get rid of all your conversations on WhatsApp is to delete the app data and then avoid restoring it.
6. See how long you’ve been ignored
It can be frustrating to be left on read, but WhatsApp’s message insights feature can tell you how long it was on read if you want to know how long it’s been since you last read it.
When using Android, long press on a particular message you’ve sent, then tap the menu with the three dots at the top and select Information. Swiping from right to left on an iOS device will reveal the time the recipient of a message you sent viewed it.
7. Speed up the playback of voice messages
You have the option to speed up the playback of an audio message by 1.5 or 2 times if you think it takes too long to hear it. To make a voice message play 1.5 times faster, simply tap the play icon on the message, and then tap the 1x icon that appears. Repeatedly touching the same icon will multiply its value by two. The individual will not experience any changes in tone as a result of this.
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