WhatsApp Hidden Features in 2020

Top Secret Setting For WhatsApp in 2020

WhatsApp Hidden Features, Tips, and Tricks To Know In 2020

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?

Dark Mode Feature:

After almost a decade of waiting, Whatsapp finally launched its Dark Mode Feature for Android and iOS Users. WhatsApp Dark Mode is out & available now for Android Whatsapp beta updated version users. This latest Dark Mode on Whatsapp increasing the interest for users to use it more than daily hours.

Dark Mode Feature is easy to enable and disable at any time. Just follow these steps to enable the WhatsApp dark theme. Simply go to Settings>Chat>Display>Theme>Enable Dark Theme options, that’s it! Now you can see dark mode for WhatsApp.

Other than the Dark Mode Theme, you will get three more themes in the theme section i.e., Light Theme and Set By Battery Save Theme & System Default Theme that are available for the latest android version smartphone users.

If you are excited to use Whatsapp dark mode on your old android versions, just download Whatsapp Beta APK file and enabled it & enjoy the dark theme on WhatsApp chats, status & privacy settings. Soon dark theme feature will be launched for iPhone users, said in the official notice by WABetaInfo.

The Typewriter Font:

Most of you already know about the bold, italics and strike-through fonts that are easily accessible with a couple of commands on your chats but the typewriter font is one hard to find feature. It needs a little more effort but it is worth it if you like the font and get everyone on your chat list curious about your new find.

To change the font of your WhatsApp messages, use the ` symbol three times either side of the word. For example, “`Hello“`. The symbol should not be mistaken with ‘ and it is available on both Android and iOS keyboards.

Format WhatsApp Messages: Change font, Bold, italics, strikethrough

You can also format fonts of your WhatsApp messages. To do so, just long-press the portion of text you wish to format after typing it in the message input field. Now you will get the option to change the format to bold, strikethrough, or italics. You can also ‘Monospace’ option to change the font.

Change the phone number associated with your account.

Format Whatsapp Images Change font, Bold, italics, strikethrough

You can manually format test as follows

• *ABC* = ABC
• _ABC_ = ABC
• ~ABC~ = ABC

Pin important chats

Are some chats more important than the others? It may be for personal texts or official purpose but you wish you saw those messages the instant you opened the chat app, right on top? Well, there is an option for that. You can simply pin the chats which you want to see on top even if there are no new messages or notifications from them to access them faster. Simply long-press on the chat message of the person or group you want to pin and hit the pin icon on the top bar of the app for Android users.

For iPhone users, simply swipe right on the chat and select the option to pin. You can also unpin the chat in the same manner, by right-swiping and un-pinning it. WhatsApp allows three chats to be pinned on the top for both Android and iOS users.

Secure your WhatsApp using Fingerprint lock

You can also secure your WhatsApp using fingerprint unlock. This way, only people who have their fingers registered on their phones will be able to access WhatsApp. To do so, go to settings >> Accounts >> Privacy and scroll down to fingerprint lock.

Before using the fingerprint unlock, you must know that in case the fingerprint authentication fails, there is no option to unlock using pattern.

Hide particular contacts from viewing your story

Stories are a great way of expressing your mood and can be quite personal. If you don’t want to share them with all WhatsApp contacts, you can prohibit particular contacts from viewing your status updates or stories as they now stand.

• Go to WhatsApp settings>> Account>> Privacy
• Select Status>> ‘My contacts except’
• Now select specific contacts you wish to avoid and tap the tick mark below.

You can also select the “Only share with” option if you wish to share status updates only with a small number of specific contacts.

Read messages without being given away by Blue Ticks

If you wish to read a WhatsApp message without the sender knowing, there are a couple of ways you could do that.

• You can disable blue ticks altogether (Settings>>Account>>Privacy>> uncheck Read Receipts), but then you won’t be able to see if others have read your message either.

• You could read the message from the notification panel. To read multiple or long messages just tap and swipe down the notification in the notification panel to stretch it. This is more suited as a temporary measure for ultimately you will have to get rid of the notification for good.
• Alternately, simply turn on AirPlane mode, read the message and then turn the AirPlane mode off. This way, you can read a particular message without disabling read receipts and without the sender knowing.

Delete message after you have sent them

This is one feature that WhatsApp added in late 2017. The App now allows you to ‘unsend’ messages that you have already sent, but there is a catch. The feature works for messages sent in the last 60 minutes. 

Also, the delete message feature will be rendered ineffective, even within the 7-minute time frame, if someone has already quoted your message.

• Long press a message
• Select delete for everyone.

Read deleted messages on WhatsApp

There is a way to read messages that your friends have deleted from their end. Just download a notification log app and grant access to read the notification. This app will keep a log of all incoming notifications and will also come in handy when you wish to retrieve a notification you have accidentally swiped off.

Delete images or videos from a particular WhatsApp group or contact

If a particular WhatsApp group or contact is hogging storage space, you can delete messages, chats, videos, and audio from a specific WhatsApp group.

• Go to Settings>> ‘Data and Storage usage’
• Select ‘Storage Usage’ and you will see all groups and contacts ranked according to the storage space they are hogging.
• Select the group and tap on the ‘manage messages’ option at the bottom.
• Now, select and clear whatever data (videos, GIFs, Photos, etc.) that you wish to get rid of.

Share Live Location (Real Time)

You can now share the live location with your contacts. The location is updated in real-time and you can keep a tab on exact whereabouts of specific contacts. You can share location for 15 minutes, 1 Hour or 8 Hours straight.

• To do so, just tap the attachment icon in the text input field.
• Now select ‘location’ and then select ‘Share Live Location.

These are some interesting WhatsApp features and we are sure you could benefit from a few of them. WhatsApp keeps adding features and if you wish to be the first one to try new changes, you can also enroll in the Beta program. Or go through our dedicated article on the top 20+ upcoming Whatsapp updates.