11 Latest 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?

If you frequently use WhatsApp for professional or personal reasons and are looking for ways to enhance your chatting experience, here are some useful Whatsapp Latest tips and tricks that you can benefit from.

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1. Hide WhatsApp group photos and videos from gallery

Most of us don’t have much control over what content is pushed to our phones via WhatsApp groups, and this content showing up in your phone’s gallery can be a huge problem.


WhatsApp has now added the option to hide media from particular groups in the gallery. Just open a WhatsApp group and tap on the group name to access the option (as shown in the image). This method won’t remove already existing WhatsApp images in your gallery (you will have to delete them) and will hide new incoming media only.

2. 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.

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3. 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.

4. 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.

    • 5. 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.

    6. 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.


  • 7. Auto answer WhatsApp messages

    If you use WhatsApp for professional reasons and wish to add an automatic reply message to WhatsApp conversations, there are several apps you can use to achieve that. One app you can try is Auto Reply for WhatsApp.

  • 8. Limit data used by WhatsApp

    To restrict the data consumed by the app, this is what you need to do.


  • Go to settings>>Data and Storage usage

    From here you can decide what all media (Photos, videos, documents, audio) the app can download while eating your data.

  • 9. Assign different priority and sound to different notifications.

    WhatsApp has added support for ‘Notification Channels’, an Android Oreo feature that can be used to set priority for different types of notifications coming from the same app.


  • So, you can decide if you need group messages to pop up or not. You can also assign them a priority level to determine how often they make it to the notification panel. To avail this feature, you will need Android Oreo support. If you are running Android Oreo, just go to the app info page (you can also do this by long-pressing app notifications) and then select the manage notification option.

    You can also assign a different sound to different types of notifications from here.

  • 10. Mark messages to answer later

    If you have read a message but wish to answer it later, you can simply long-press the conversation head in the ‘Chat’ tab and select ‘mark as unread’ option.


  • This won’t erase ‘Blue ticks’ or read receipts but will mark the message with a bloated green dot that will serve as a reminder. You can later answer the text at your own volition.

  • 11. Hide a WhatsApp chat

    People whom you have recently talked to appear closer to the top in your WhatsApp chat list. If you don’t want a particular conversation to be conspicuous, you can hide it as “Archive”.


  • Just long-press the conversation and select the Archive button on the top. This particular chat will now disappear from the list. You can access it by scrolling all the way to the bottom.

  • These are some interesting WhatsApp features and we are sure you could benefit from a few of them. Thanks for visiting!

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