VIDEO: Did you Know these COOL WhatsApp Tricks and Features? Details Listed!

WhatsApp has almost 1.5 billion active users and is one of the most popular messaging apps. WhatsApp has a lot of hidden features and unpopular basic features that people are not aware of. Listed below is a compilation of such features. 

Sending messages without saving contact numbers could be a headache. Here’s a small trick. Open any browser from your phone. In the URL section, type the following link in the search bar: https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=XXXXXXXXXXX (The phone number is to be added in the place of X along with the country code). Once you click enter, a WhatsApp window opens and requests for permission to send a message to the number you have entered. This trick could come handy when you want to message someone only for a short period of time.

Here’s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpQqEVS5ihU&feature=emb_logo

Do you know it is possible to run two accounts using WhatsApp if you have a dual sim phone? Mostly phones that are made by Chinese manufacturers have the feature of creating clones of apps which can be used if you have a dual- SIM setup. Honor EMUI skin’s App Twin feature, Xiaomi’s Dual apps feature. App clones in Vivo and Clone app in Oppo are examples of the same. You could look for specific information for your handset. You could watch this video to understand How to run two accounts using WhatsApp: https://www.youtube.com/watchtime_continue=1&v=GbTdfC7QoFM&feature=emb_logo

Do you come across WhatsApp status videos and wish you could download them? WhatsApp allows you to do that. This requires you to have a file manager app in your Android smartphone. Google files is the most preferred file manager app for using this feature. Open the app and go to the settings. Enable the options named ‘show hidden files’ and ‘show internal storage’. Now go back to the files app and tap into internal storage. Enter Whatsapp folder> Media > ‘Statuses’.  Following that step, long press on any photo or video you want to save and tap copy. Paste this file in any folder within your phone’s internal storage. You could save a video by following these simple steps.