Top 5 tricks every WhatsApp user should know

Whatsapp has received immense popularity but there are some tricks that not every user is aware of. The company constantly updates its application in order to bring new features and improvements so that the users can get a better overall experience. After a few recent updates, these are the tricks that can come in handy and make your chatting experience simpler and better.

WhatsApp Group Restriction

One of the main reasons why people like to use WhatsApp is the fact that you can create a group. However, there are times when we are tired of being in so many groups and even the groups which were created for information purposes are filled with "Good Morning" messages. To restrict that, WhatsApp recently introduced a new feature where the group admin can decide who can send messages to the group.

So basically, you have an option between All Participants and Group Admins for sending messages. If you select Group Admins, only the admins will be able to send messages to the group while the other participants can only read them. You can change these settings by going into the WhatsApp group and tap on the group name. There, you have to enter Group Settings and you can edit your settings.

WhatsApp Web Emojis

WhatsApp web is a convenient way of sending and receiving messages for the people who are always on their laptop or desktop. However, things get a bit difficult when you need to send emojis. You have to get your hands towards the mouse and click on that emoji icon and find that one emoji that you want to send.

The whole process isn't that complicated but what if I told you it can be easier? The web interface of the app allows you to search for an emoji just by putting ":" in the text box. For example, you want to send the Kiss emoji to someone, you can just type :kiss and you will get some suggestions. You can also use emoticons like :-D to bring the emoji.

Language change

India is a country filled with various cultures, religions and even languages. This is why WhatsApp allows users to chat in languages other than English. The people who are interested in sending messages in their language can go ahead and download apps like "Google Indic Keyboard" to bring a variety of languages to their keyboard. You can also change the app language by heading over to WhatsApp>Settings>Chats>App Language.

Hear voice notes via the earpiece

One feature that we love about WhatsApp is the ability to send voice messages or as the app itself likes to call Voice Notes. Instead of typing a long paragraph on that small keyboard on your phone, you can always use that one single button to say whatever you want. However, hearing these voice notes can be a challenge when you are sitting with someone or you are in a public place.

To your rescue, WhatsApp has a neat little trick up its sleeve which not many people are aware of. Here you don't even need to dig into the settings or change anything. Whenever you receive a voice note, just tap on the play button and quickly bring the phone close to your ear just like you hold it when you are on a call. This will help WhatsApp detect that the phone is closer to your ear and instead of playing the voice note from the speaker, it will play via the earpiece. For this to work, your phone should have a proximity sensor which most of the phones have in 2018.

See your data collected by WhatsApp

Recently Facebook scared everyone by sharing its users' data with different organisations. This whole thing made people realise that they should protect their privacy on the internet. Few apps even started allowing users to download the information that they have about the user. You can even download your data that was collected by WhatsApp. Just head over to WhatsApp>Settings>Account>Request account info and tap on Request report.