What’s up Thanks to its updates, it continues to improve as time goes on, making the application more and more functional and versatile.
Millions of users worldwide use the instant messaging ‘app’ to chat with their friends, family and acquaintances. But only a few, among them, have managed to discover the multiple functions it has. A hidden menu displayed by pressing and holding the application icon for a few seconds.
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Pressing and holding the app icon displays different functions for both iOS and Android, meaning it may vary by device model and OS version.
However, the drop-down menu, which can be accessed without fully opening the app, will look like this, depending on your system.
– Delete the application: It allows you to uninstall or delete the mobile app.
– Share App: Option that allows you to share the app through other apps or with the same people.
– Edit the home screen: This option allows you to move the application icon anywhere on the mobile phone homepage.
– My QR code: It allows you to show your QR code and you can share it with anyone you want to scan and add it as a contact.
– Camera: This option points to the mobile phone camera.
– New chat: allows you to open a new chat with any of the contacts.
– To call: This option takes you to the app’s search engine so you can search for any contact or other functions like accessing photos. gif, links, videos, documents, audios and polls shared through the app.
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– Persons: This option gives you access to direct chat with three of your most frequent contacts.
– Camera: It allows you to access the WhatsApp camera and be able to take a photo or video and share it with your status or contacts.
– WhatsApp widgets: When this option is pressed, a mobile phone icon appears at the top providing access to the app’s widgets.
– Delete the application: It allows you to uninstall or delete the mobile app.
WhatsApp introduced a new option for devices with iOS operating system in its latest update.
About PiP (Picture-in-Picture) mode, This function allows those with an iPhone to make video calls and continue watching their videos while using other apps.
That is, when the user leaves the app to use another person, the other person’s image and your image will remain visible via a small floating window that allows you to move around the screen or hide it.
New to Apple’s operating system iOS, this functionality already exists since 2018.
According to ‘Xataca móvil’, a portal specializing in technology, among other functions that you can find in the iOS operating system, WhatsApp version 23.3.77 includes other new features such as sending documents with comments, longer group names and avatars.
The instant messaging app for Android has an option that allows you to adjust the font size in a simple way.
You must enter the chat settings by pressing the three-dot button that appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Next, you must access the ‘Chat’ option, press ‘Font size’ and different alternatives will appear for you to choose from.
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Among other functions, the app also allows Android to select multiple chats by simply pressing and holding one.
While it is also possible to simply select all chats, by entering the configuration menu and selecting ‘Select all’. In this way, you can delete all the chats that you do not find necessary faster.
Despite the different environments in which WhatsApp can be used (web, desktop), the app offers similar functionality for its different versions, although there are some key differences in its design for iOS devices and Android devices.
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