Whatsapp is one of the most popular messengers, especially in Germany. And behind the scenes, the developers are always working on new functions that gradually creep into the app’s settings and chats. The parent company Meta only communicates the news to a large audience in the case of particularly large changes, the rest can only be found in the so-called patch notes in the App Store, which accompany each update.
Protection against scammers and spam
In this gallery you will find useful Whatsapp tips to make everyday app life easier for you and to protect your account from scammers and spam. These include tips on how to significantly reduce the app’s data load and find memory hogs, but also tips on how to hide your profile from external contacts, which could protect you from unsolicited contact attempts.
In addition, the star an overview of the app’s latest data protection functions, reveals how you can also block Whatsapp and how you can quickly and easily determine whether you are accidentally making your location or your entire message history accessible to other people.
Send self-deleting content
When it comes to your messages, too, there are exciting features that don’t always show up right away. For example, it is possible to conduct a chat exclusively with self-deleting messages or to send pictures that the recipient can only open once.
For more order in your own chats, the star also shows how groups or contacts can be attached and how messages that you need from time to time can be saved quickly and easily.
If you know and master the tips from the gallery, the use of Whatsapp should not only have become safer, but also a whole lot more comfortable. The tips for this route tend to work similarly on Android smartphones, but the descriptions correspond to the iOS app.