Steps To Activate WhatsApp Calling And 8 Lesser-Known Tricks

With most of them switching to Smartphones now, WhatsApp has successfully replaced the text messaging these days. So, with many of us being the users of this popular messaging platform from a long time there are many features on it which we have never used or known about them till now.

Let’s take a look at the newest additions on WhatsApp as compiled by the Gizbot with the steps to set up WhatsApp calls as well.

Step 1: First, Update the WhatsApp version through Playstore to 2.12.5 or above.

Step 2: After updating it, a call from a friend who has the 2.12.5 version is needed.

Step 3: Receive the call, wait for few seconds and then disconnect it.

Step 4: Once you have done that, you can see a new tab “calls”.   

# Stop Media From Auto Downloading

When media files like images, video clips and audio files are automatically downloaded on to your phone it will always be an issue where it just eats up unnecessary space.

So to counter this issue, WhatsApp allows you to change your settings to pick and choose the pictures and media to be downloaded on the Smartphone.

     

# Hide Your Last Seen

Did you know that WhatsApp lets its users to hide its last seen status too? This popular messaging platform offers settings to its users to actually hide the time stamp where the contacts can’t see when you were online.

This feature is active on both the OS platforms that are Apple iOS and Android but however it still shows if you are online when you are checking messages or active online.

# Lock Apps On the App Store

Lots of Apps are available to lock your WhatsApp chats on the App Store. Mostly all the platforms like Android, iOS and Blackberry have applications to lock your chats giving you utmost privacy.

This has been most asked question which many users always wanted from the time the Smartphones have stepped in, so here is the answer to it.

# Create Fake Conversation

The app called the WhatSaid helps you to create fake conversations with yourself. As exciting as it sounds, the app allows you to change your display picture, last seen and personal settings too.

It helps you to create chats in any way you want making it one of the most innovative way to prank people.

# Backup All Your Conversations

Worried about losing all your chat history because you are shifting to a new phone? Well no anymore as WhatsApp comes with an auto-backup feature now. It saves all your chats and also allows you to restore them if you have uninstalled the app or shifting to a newer phone.

That’s not all, this feature can also be manually selected to backup only your selected files or can be done automatically as well like mentioned earlier.

# Restore All Old Messages

WhatsApp is the most preferred messaging platform where you wouldn’t find a Smartphone without it. So to keep all of the users well secured and updated of their chats even if they have accidently deleted it or changed phones, all your older conversations can be got back.

It actually takes a backup of all the messages by 4PM every day where the time is of course customizable.

# Hide Your Display Picture

Now anyone who has your number can view the display picture with the profile name as well. This might be a problem, so here is a solution for that. You can only let your contacts view the display picture and name by just giving the access only to them.

By this, you can have your own privacy with the display name and you can change the settings to “Profile Picture Sharing” to view your display picture only to your contacts.

# Change Your WhatsApp Number

On WhatsApp, using multiple numbers on the same phone was a problem. The user had to provide the number which was previously synched with the messaging platform except if you have uninstalled or reinstalled it.

However, now you don’t have to do that anymore because with an inbuilt setting you can change the number which is synched to your account.