With more than 2 billion users globally, WhatsApp is the most popular instant messaging application in the world. Although we all use it daily to talk with our friends, there are many functions that we do not know about WhatsApp, such as everything we can do if we press and hold the app icon on our phone . It’s a trick that works for both Android and iOS, so take note!
Direct access
If we press and hold the WhatsApp icon, we will see the names of the three people with whom we chat the most . In this way, we can enter the chat directly, easily and quickly, without having to search for it within the contact list.
Camera
Another of the available functions is to directly access the camera . The process is very easy:
- We hold down the WhatsApp icon.
- We click on ‘Camera’.
- We take the photo or record the video.
- We select the contact we want to send the file to, and that’s it!
This is a very simple way to send image or video files without having to open the conversation .
Other WahstApp tricks worth knowing
Anyone who has your phone number can add us to their contacts, open the WhatsApp application and verify that it is us . To solve this privacy and security problem, we can hide our profile photo from people we do not know.
What we must do is the following:
- Access WhatsApp and select ‘Settings’, ‘Account’ and ‘Privacy’.
- We choose ‘Profile photo’ and click on the option that only our contacts can see it.
News that will come very soon to WhatsApp
Finally, we want to talk about some news that we will soon welcome on WhatsApp .
The multi-device function has been one of the most requested by users for years, and it will finally become a reality. We can log into multiple devices without depending on the phone as a “base”, as is now the case with the web version.
In addition, the ephemeral photographs will arrive. The images will disappear once they have been viewed! And we must not forget that we will have the possibility to listen to the audios before sending them.
There are many news that this 2021 will reach WhatsApp , and these are the most interesting.
