Whats App Tips And Tricks You Should Know
Whats App has been getting new awesome features to make messaging a breeze for users. While its use is not without controversy, there are plenty of perks that makes it a strong contender in the messaging apps arena.
In this post, we will be looking at the tips, tricks and hacks users can utilize to for using Whats App like a pro.
Format and Send your Messages
Whats App allows you to format your messages – same way as you format text in any word processor, say Microsoft Word or Google Docs. You can _italicize_, *bold* or ~strikethrough~ any part or all of your message. For more on this,
Use Whats App in a Web Browser
Whats App has a web browser version which can be connected to your mobile. You can then type out and read all your messages on your PC or laptop.
To use Whats App Web, on your PC or laptop, go to web.whatsapp.com in a web browser.
On your mobile device, open Whats App and click the Options button at the top right hand side, then tap Whats App Web from the options.
Then using your phone, scan the QR code shown on the browser on your PC.
Your phone will be connected to your PC’s Whats App and you can start messaging away like you would on your phone. You only need to do this once and you can be connected on as many desktop devices as you like.
All the messages will be sync’ed across the board on all connected devices. To log out of all connected devices, just go back to the Options > Whats App Web page and choose Log out from all computers.
Transfer Files to/from PC
The good thing about Whats App Web is that you receive on your PC whatever you receive on your mobile via Whats App. This makes it a pretty good tool to transfer images or screenshots from your mobile to your desktop without the use of cables.
Just send the image to any of your friends on your mobile, then on your PC, open your Whats App Web to retrieve the image file.
Backup Conversations to Email
You can keep a copy or backup a conversation to your email. To do so, open the chat you want to save. Then click Options > More > Email chat. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Note that you need to backup each conversation individually and while you got two options to send the conversation (with or without media), you can only send up to 40,000 messages max.
Backup Chats to Local or Cloud Storage
Apart from email, backups can be done to storage as well. To backup to your device’s local storage as well as cloud storage, i.e., Google Drive on Android platform and iCloud on iOS devices, open the app and go to Settings > Chats > Chat backup and tap BACK UP.
