10 new WhatsApp features that you should start using

TechnologY By: Shaurya Shubham Date: August 30, 2024

WhatsApp recently added its AI chatbot – Meta AI – to WhatsApp. The tool allows users to ask queries, get answers, generate images and more right from the app.

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With the updated Linked Devices feature, the same WhatsApp account can be accessed on up to 4 different devices that too without the primary device being connected to the internet all the time.

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There was a time when people used to run two WhatsApp apps on their phone to use two different accounts. Well, Meta has updated WhatsApp with native support for multiple accounts.

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There are some contacts that you chat with or call regularly using WhatsApp. To keep those chat always accessible, WhatsApp added the new Favourite filter in the app. Simply add the users and access them anytime you want.

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You can place WhatsApp icon on the home screen. But many people don’t know that they can also add group or individual chat shortcuts to the home screen as well.

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WhatsApp recently received a screen sharing feature across all platforms. This allows users to share the screen during individual or group video calls.

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You can also share photos and videos in HD quality with someone on WhatsApp. Simply look for the “HD” tab and hit it before sharing the photos and videos.

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If you love sending stickers while texting on WhatsApp, then this new Sticker creator is a must-try feature for you. Added recently, the feature lets you convert any photo into a WhatsApp sticker.

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The feature is aimed at curbing the spam on the platform. Enabling this will restrict phone calls from unknown contacts.

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WhatsApp has a built-in app lock feature. However, there’s also an option to lock individual chats and groups.

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10 new WhatsApp features that you should start using

WhatsApp recently added its AI chatbot – Meta AI – to WhatsApp. The tool allows users to ask queries, get answers, generate images and more right from the app.

Meta AI

With the updated Linked Devices feature, the same WhatsApp account can be accessed on up to 4 different devices that too without the primary device being connected to the internet all the time.

Run WhatsApp on multiple phones

There was a time when people used to run two WhatsApp apps on their phone to use two different accounts. Well, Meta has updated WhatsApp with native support for multiple accounts.

Two WhatsApp account in same app

There are some contacts that you chat with or call regularly using WhatsApp. To keep those chat always accessible, WhatsApp added the new Favourite filter in the app. Simply add the users and access them anytime you want.

Favourites filter

You can place WhatsApp icon on the home screen. But many people don’t know that they can also add group or individual chat shortcuts to the home screen as well.

Chat shortcuts

WhatsApp recently received a screen sharing feature across all platforms. This allows users to share the screen during individual or group video calls.

Screen sharing

You can also share photos and videos in HD quality with someone on WhatsApp. Simply look for the “HD” tab and hit it before sharing the photos and videos.

Share HD photos and videos

If you love sending stickers while texting on WhatsApp, then this new Sticker creator is a must-try feature for you. Added recently, the feature lets you convert any photo into a WhatsApp sticker.

Custom Stickers

The feature is aimed at curbing the spam on the platform. Enabling this will restrict phone calls from unknown contacts.

Silence Unknown callers

WhatsApp has a built-in app lock feature. However, there’s also an option to lock individual chats and groups.

Lock chats