Whatsapp top 5 Hidden Features, Tips, and Tricks To Know in 2020

WhatsApp has some lesser-known and hidden features of the chat app that you should know to use it better and more securely

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WhatsApp keeps adding a bevy of features and updates to provide its customers with a smooth messaging experience

Here are some of the best and lesser-known features that you should try out now

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps with more than one billion active users. New features are actively added to the app and every few weeks we come across an interesting edition. So, what are all the new WhatsApp changes that you should know about?

How to avoid adding in groups?

If you are an Android user, follow these steps to stop people from adding you to WhatsApp groups without permission.

Open WhatsApp on your Android smartphone and tap the vertical three-dots icon on the top-right.

Next, tap Settings > Account > Privacy.

Now tap Groups and select one of the three given options — Everyone, My Contacts, or My Contacts Except...

If you select Everyone, anyone can add you to groups.

Selecting My Contacts only allows your contacts to add you to WhatsApp groups.

Finally, the third option My Contacts Except lets you allow only selected people to add you to WhatsApp groups. You can either select contacts one by one or you can even select all contacts by tapping on the Select All icon on the top-right. These people will be prompted to send you the group invite through a private chat. You will then have three days to accept or deny the request for joining the group before it expires.

How to make Whatsapp sticker?

WhatsApp finally allows people to send and receive stickers from each other, something other messaging apps added years ago. This new development brings with it an exciting possibility — the ability to create your own WhatsApp stickers. There are multiple ways to create WhatsApp stickers, but the easiest ways are by downloading apps that let you create stickers quickly. We managed to create WhatsApp sticker packs in less than five minutes on iPhone and Android, so the process is really simple.

Download the Sticker Maker app on Android.
Tap Create a new sticker pack.
Name the sticker pack and add an author name for the pack, in case you want to take credit for creating these stickers.
You will see 30 tiles in the next screen. Tap any of these and then you can tap Take Photo, Open Gallery, or Select File to select pictures. The first option lets you take a picture, the second open your photo gallery, and the third lets you select images from your file manager.
The next step allows you to cut the picture into a shape. You can select one of Freehand (to draw a shape manually and crop the sticker), Cut square, or Cut circle.
Once you are done cropping, tap Yes, Save Sticker.
Once you have three stickers added, you can tap Add to WhatsApp. You will see a confirmation message on the screen once it's been added.
Now open WhatsApp, tap the emoji icon > stickers icon at the bottom. Now you will see your new sticker pack as the last one in the list of sticker packs.
To delete a sticker pack, tap the pack > three dots icon on the top-right > Delete.

How to write different text styles in WhatsApp chat

Did you know that you can change the format of your text to the Typewriter font?

It has been quite a while that WhatsApp added a feature to change the text format of your chats to make your chats look more exciting and aesthetic.

Basically, there's this:

To bold text, add an asterisk (*) before and after the text. ...
To italicize text, add an underscore (_) before and after the text. ...
To strikethrough text, add a tilde (~) before and after the text. ...
To use WhatsApp's new FixedSys font, type three backquotes (```) before and after the desired text.

How to send WhatsApp message without saving numbers

All you need to is follow a few simple steps on any browser and you're good to go. With that said, here's how you can send WhatsApp messages to unsaved numbers without adding a contact.

Open your phone's browser. Now you can copy and paste this link http://wa.me/xxxxxxxxxx, or this link — http://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=xxxxxxxxxx in the address bar.
In the place of ‘xxxxxxxxxx', you'll need to enter the phone number along with the country code, so if the number you want to message is +919911111111 then the link becomes http://wa.me/919911111111. Over here, the first two digits (91) are India's country code followed by the mobile number of the person.
Once you have typed the link, tap enters to open the link.
Next, you'll see a WhatsApp webpage with the recipient's phone number and a green Message button. Tap the green message button and you'll be redirected to WhatsApp.
That's it, you can now WhatsApp people without adding a contact.

Note: wa.me/country code and number,

please don't use the plus sign and 00 with the country code

How to check WhatsApp message delivery and sending time

Whatsapp offers you to view the time of message delivery as well as when it was read by the person.

All you have to do is send a message and long-press that message to select it. When you select the message, you will see options in the top row of your mobile phone display.

Now click the three-dot option then after clicks the info button, after clicking the info button you will see the time of delivery and read receipts the massage. OR
Now look for an icon having the letter ‘i'(small i) encircled. It stands for the information on that message. Tap that icon and you will see the time of delivery and read receipts.

Whatsapp will show the exact time of when the message delivered to the person and when he/she actually reads it. (that's how you get a double click and blue ticks respectively in the WhatsApp for the sent message. A double click indicates that message is received by the next person i.e the message is delivered successfully. The blue tick indicates that the message is actually read by the person.)

Whatsapp top 5 Hidden Features, Tips, and Tricks To Know in 2020