1.WhatsApp Pay is live now; here’s the way to activate this feature

Facebook-owned WhatsApp, which is that the hottest messaging platform, said on Wednesday that its new payments feature WhatsApp Pay is live now. The payments feature is being supported by depository financial institutions of India, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Axis Bank through UPI for its up to twenty million users in India.

The rollout of the feature could pose a serious challenge to other big players like Paytm, Google Pay, and PhonePe.WhatsApp’s payment service, which allows users to transfer money in a manner almost like sending messages, is now available in 10 Indian regional languages of WhatsApp.

The peer-to-peer (P2P) payment feature is meant with a robust set of security and privacy principles, including entering a private UPI PIN for every payment, the corporate said.

For sending and receiving money through WhatsApp Pay, users will first be got to use the newest version of WhatsApp and link their respective bank accounts on WhatsApp. Users also will be got to verify the last 6 digits of their open-end credit and therefore the expiration date.

 

Here’s the way to add your checking account on WhatsApp using Android:

1.  WhatsApp on your Android device and tap
2. ‘More options'(three dots)Choose ‘Settings’, click on ‘Payments’ then ‘Add new account’Tap
3. ‘Accept and Continue’ in WhatsApp Payments Terms and Privacy Policy.
4. Choose the name of your bank from the list of banks
5. ‘Allow’ verify via SMS
6. Select your respective checking account to send and receive payments with WhatsApp and click on on ‘Done’.

Steps to feature checking account on WhatsApp using the iPhone:

1: Open WhatsApp on your iPhone and tap settings, payments, add New Account.

2: Tap ‘Accept and Continue’ in WhatsApp Payments Terms and Privacy Policy

3: Choose the name of your bank from the list of banks

4: Allow verify via SMS

6: A pre-filled SMS with a verification code will open abreast of your phone. Tap Send to send this message and verify your account.

7: Choose the checking account you would like to feature to send and receive payments with WhatsApp then click on Done.

The company received approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in November after two years of wait. WhatsApp Payments aims to feature to the expansion of digital transactions within the country along the lines of the government’s vision.

Change WhatsApp notification settings

Open WhatsApp > tap More options > Settings > Notifications.

You can change notifications for messages, groups, and calls by choosing:

• Whether to show conversation tones for incoming and outgoing messages on or off.
• Notification tone or ringtone.
• Vibration duration.
• Whether to point out popup notifications on Android 9 and older. this enables notifications to point out within the middle of your screen.
• Notification light color for supported phones.
• Whether to use high priority notifications on Android 5 and newer. This shows previews of notifications at the highest of your screen and maybe wont to disable peeking notifications.

Note: Turning off high priority notifications will end in WhatsApp notifications being placed lower on your screen.

To reset your notifications settings, tap Settings > Notifications > tap More options > Reset notification settings > RESET.

2.Custom notifications

You can customize notifications by choosing different options for tone, vibration, popup, and light:

1. Open a private or group chat.
2. Tap the name of the individual or group chat.
3. Tap Custom notifications > check Use custom notifications.

 

Mute notifications

1. Open a private or group chat.
2. Tap the name of the individual or group chat.
3. Tap Mute notification.
4. Select the length of your time you’d wish to mute notifications and tap OK.

     

Alternatively, uncheck Show notifications to prevent notifications from appearing.

3.Disappearing messages

You can send messages that disappear on WhatsApp by enabling disappearing messages. Once enabled, new messages sent within the individual or group chat will disappear after seven days. the foremost recent selection controls all messages within the chat. This setting won’t affect messages you previously sent or received within the chat. In a private chat, either user can turn disappearing messages on or off. during a group chat, only group admins can turn disappearing messages on or off.

     

If a user doesn’t open WhatsApp within the seven day period, the message will disappear. However, the preview of the message might still be displayed in notifications until WhatsApp is opened.
When you reply to a message, the initial message is quoted. If you reply to a disappearing message, the quoted text might remain within the chat after seven days.
If a disappearing message is forwarded to a talk with disappearing messages off, the message won’t disappear within the forwarded chat.
If a user creates a backup before a message disappears, the disappearing message is going to be included within the backup. Disappearing messages are going to be deleted when a user restores from a backup.
Note: Only use disappearing messages with trusted individuals. for instance, it’s possible for somebody to:

Forward or take a screenshot of a disappearing message and reserve it before it disappears.
Copy and save content from the disappearing message before it disappears.
Take a photograph of a disappearing message with a camera or other device before it disappears.

Media in disappearing messages

By default, the media you receive in WhatsApp are going to be automatically downloaded to your photos. If disappearing messages are turned on, media sent within the chat will disappear but are going to be saved on the phone if auto-download is on. you’ll turn auto-download off in WhatsApp Settings > Storage and Data.

4.How to save ‘WhatsApp Status’ images and videos from friends

WhatsApp made the “Status” feature official back in February. It lets users share photos, videos, and GIFs which disappear automatically after 24 hours. The feature was initially called a “clone” of Snapchat Stories by users and experts worldwide. Nevertheless, the feature is slowly learning and becoming popular amongst the users.

WhatsApp Status updates are perishable naturally. Hence, WhatsApp doesn’t offer an “official” thanks to saving these shares. Some users take a screenshot to save lots of the image statuses, but how about the videos? Even the screenshots fail to stay the image within the same quality because it is on WhatsApp. So what’re the simplest thanks to saving the statuses? Let’s find out…

Save/Copy WhatsApp “Status” Photos and Videos

There are two ways to save lots of the WhatsApp Statuses easily. the primary way is employing a dedicated app. However, if you would like to save lots of the image statuses occasionally, then you’ll follow the manual way. Both of them are explained intimately below:

Save status files manually (using File Manager)

WhatsApp saves the status files (photos/videos) locally on the phone. But these are erased after 24 hours. So, what you’ll do is to repeat them out of the temporary folder and save them to a secure location. Here’s how:

Note: you’ll need a File Manager app to perform this. Most phones (like Samsung, LG, Sony, Xiaomi, and OnePlus) have it installed by default. you’ll find it by trying to find an app named “Files” or “File Manager”. If there’s none (like on Nokia Android phones), you’ll download and use Solid Explorer or ES File Explorer.

1. View the status which you would like to save lots of. this may make a short-lived copy of an equivalent on the phone’s storage.
2. Open your File Manager app – Files, File Manager, Solid Explorer; etc.
3. Enable “Show hidden files”.
   You need to open the settings of your file manager and set it to point out hidden files. Solid Explorer users can follow this guide to enable hidden files.
4. Navigate to the WhatsApp folder – Internal storage > WhatsApp > Media > .Statuses.
5. Copy the photos/videos which you would like to save lots of.
6. Paste them into a special folder.
   That’s it! The copied photos or videos are going to be stored forever. you’ll access them later by opening the folder where it had been copied to.

 

Save status files employing a dedicated app

You can avoid the complexity and believe a third-party app to save lots of your friend’s WhatsApp Status. The app will automatically collect the statuses which you’ve got seen and show them in an organized manner.

1. Open WhatsApp and view the statuses which you would like to save/download.
2. Open Play Store on your Android and install – Status Saver. you’ll also click on the link below to open it in your browser/Play Store.
   Download Status Saver from Play Store
   Allow the app to access photos, media, and files on your device. Because that’s how the app will read the storage to gather WhatsApp Status images.
3. Select the pictures or videos which you would like to save lots of and tap on the Save icon (SD Card).
4. Images or videos which you save are going to be stored in the interior storage of your phone.
   That’s it! you’ve got just saved your friend’s WhatsApp status/story and it’ll be kept forever.

All saved statuses are going to be accessible from within the app. If you would like to access the folder directly, you’ll open your File Manager app and browse to Internal storage > Status Saver.

5.WhatsApp gets new animated sticker pack; wallpaper dimming feature may be coming soon

Messaging application WhatsApp is once more bringing additional features for its users. This time, the corporate is probably going to feature a replacement sticker pack called Usagyuun alongside several tweaks around wallpapers. The traces of those features are found within the latest beta for Android, consistent with WhatsApp feature tracker WABetaInfo. consistent with the report, the new sticker pack is animated and features a size of three .5MB.

   

The report said that the newest development is often found in WhatsApp 2.20.200.6 beta for Android. The animated sticker pack has been developed by Quan Inc and was spotted within the beta. The animation is of a white cartoon character that shows various emotions of joy, anxiety, sadness, and love among others. the outline for this animated pack goes as “A bit peppy, a touch bit bizarre.”

Apart from this, the corporate has been performing on a feature that will allow users to vary wallpapers of various chats. a replacement option called Wallpaper Dimming has reportedly been within the development phase which will enable users to vary the opacity of the wallpaper. Since this feature remains in progress, it’ll not be seen within the latest update. The report said that the feature was noted in WhatsApp 2.20.200.6 beta which tweaked the color tone supported the preference of the user. The feature is claimed to be present during a Wallpaper section that the corporate is developing immediately. Further, the report highlighted that the ‘Wallpaper Dimming’ toggle will appear at the rock bottom of the screen.

It explained that the opacity of the wallpaper is often changed by swiping the toggle left or right. Users can pick the acceptable color for themselves.

6.How to send voice messages

WhatsApp voice messaging allows you to instantly communicate with contacts and groups. you’ll use it to deliver important and time-sensitive information. As such, all voice messages are downloaded automatically.

Send a voice message

1. Open a private or group chat.
2. Tap and hold the microphone and begin speaking.
3. Once finished, remove your finger from the microphone. The voice message will automatically send.
   While recording a voice message, you’ll slide left to cancel it.

Send an extended voice message

1. Open a private or group chat.
2. Tap and hold the microphone and begin speaking.
3. Slide up to lock hands-free recording.
4. Once finished, tap Send to send the message.
   While recording an extended voice message, you’ll tap CANCEL to cancel it.

On sent voice messages you’ll see:

• A gray microphone on voice messages your recipients haven’t played the.
• A blue microphone on voice messages your recipients played.

Note: On some phones, you would possibly need to wait a second before speaking if the start of your message isn’t recorded.