New WhatsApp Updates you need did not know

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Recently WhatsApp rolled out some updates that make the app robust and increase the user-friendliness of the app. There are three of them we are going to consider in this post, and they include:

• Send a message to yourself.
• Undo the accidental deletion of a message.
• Block others from knowing when you’re online.
• Search chats on WhatsApp Group

Send a message to yourself

Sometimes you see a link on Facebook or anywhere and wish to save it to your WhatsApp; how do you achieve that? Any of those times do you remember how you sent such to your friends so that it would be available later? Well, if you have wished you could send yourself links or messages for keeps or future use, the good news is here.

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WhatsApp rolled out updates that allow you to save content or links online by messaging yourself. Also, sometimes you may wish to jot down a note, and you do not have a paper or pen - now you can WhatsApp the note to yourself. WhatsApp subscribers can now send themselves messages.

First noted by BGR, a WhatsApp user can now select themself to be the lone recipient of a message he or she will send via the app. After typing the message that you want to send yourself, the app puts up a notification that points out that the message you send is protected by end-to-end encryption.

The way it is, only you can read or listen to the message; no other person can.

Meta had this feature beta tested by iPhone users and is rolling it out now for all users. It has been made available on Android and does work on this writer’s Pixel 6 Pro running Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1.

You can undo the accidental deletion of a message that you removed from your WhatsApp account

Also added by WhatsApp is more than just the ability to message yourself. Following the update, you can undo the “Delete for me” feature to bring back a message that you’ve accidentally erased from your WhatsApp account.

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If you wish to see how it works, follow these steps:

1. Send yourself a test message and long-press on the test message.
2. Tap the trash can icon on the top of the screen, and you will see a pop-up.
3. Select Delete for me, and a bar at the bottom of the screen will appear that says “Message deleted for me” with the word UNDO on the right side of the bar.
4. Tap the word UNDO to undo the deletion, and the message will return.

Block others from knowing when you’re online

If you wish to prevent some contacts from knowing that you are online without making yourself invisible to all your contact, it is possible now. The new update allows you to control who can see when you’re online.

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Here is how you can set it up:

1. Launch your WhatsApp
2. From the app, tap the three-dot menu icon on the top right of the screen
3. Go to Settings > Privacy > Last seen and online.
4. You can tap Nobody on the top quarter of the display so that no one can see when you were last on WhatsApp.
5. Underneath you can choose who can see you when you’re online.
6. You can choose from options such as Everybody and Same as last seen. Select the latter option, and if you have Nobody picked for last seen, no one will be able to see if you’re online.

When you are about to message one of your WhatsApp contacts, under that person’s name, it will show the last time he or she was seen on the app. So if you’re a private person, you might want to follow the directions in the above paragraph so that no one knows when you were on WhatsApp last and whether you are on now. On the other hand, you might want your contacts to know when you are available to have a conversation on the platform.

Search chats on WhatsApp Group

Another new feature will allow users to search for a past chat by its date. This helps if you can’t find a specific chat, but you know the date when it occurred. Now you can easily track chats on group chat.

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Just try the new features and leave your comment in the section below as per your experience or challenge.

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