WhatsApp
is one of the most used and downloaded apps on Android
as well as iOS marketplace. It has successfully replaced texting because it
works on your existing internet connection over, 4G LTE, 3G or even Wifi.
WhatsApp
also recently rolled out the calling feature by using it you can make calls
over your internet connection, and all these simple to use and understand
features give WhatsApp as a messaging platform an edge over other contenders
like WeChat, Line, Hike, and others. Due to its popularity Facebook acquired it for $19 billion which was the
Facebook’s biggest online acquisition.
With
more than 400 million people actively using WhatsApp every month, more people
joining it every day, they are definitely the current king of the internet
messaging space. Since it is such a great app, there are some really cool tips and tricks that you can try.
Below are few awesome WhatsApp tricks which you can use in
2015 and enjoy:
# Use 2 WhatsApp accounts on the same device
By
default, you can use only one WhatsApp account on a device and you cannot
choose to have 2 accounts at once. But there is a workaround and you will have
to use an app named OGWhatsApp which will allow you to have one more
WhatsApp account on your phone or tablet running WhatsApp so you can have two
accounts on the same device at once. Let us see how this works.
- Download OGWhatsApp from here
- You can install the APK file
like any other app, just make sure you have unknown sources checked in
security settings
- Go to Settings > Security
> Check Unknown Sources and try installing the APK again if you are
facing some problems.
- Then start OGWhatsApp and you
will be asked to verify your number normally.
- Just proceed normally for
registration of your WhatsApp account.
- Now, after the setup you have
two WORKING WhatsApp accounts on the same phone!
# Send any type of file through WhatsApp – PDF, DOCX, APK,
XLSX etc.
By
default, you can send only images and videos using WhatsApp but in this section
we will tell you how to send different types of files via WhatsApp.
- Download Dropbox
& CloudSend
on your device and move to the next step.
- Now open CloudSend on your
device first and then it will ask you to connect your Dropbox account.
- Login/Register your account on
Dropbox and then connect it with Cloudsend.
- Now whenever you want to share
any different type of files, just choose the share option and then choose
- This will upload your files on
Dropbox and then you will get an option to share the file via WhatsApp as
well!!
# Use a display picture for your profile without cropping
WhatsApp
actually just lets you upload pictures that are perfect square in size and
sometimes you want to use the pics that show everything instead of just the
cropped image and in that case, you can just download an app named #Square Droid.
- Open #SquareDroid app and you
will be asked to pick an image.
- Choose the picture and you will
be asked to pick from backgrounds. Choose the one that is suitable for the
picture you are choosing.
- Choose the background and then
save the picture to the gallery using the save button or you can also
choose to upload the same photo directly on Instagram.
# Stalk your WhatsApp contact – LITERALLY!!
We
are not joking!
If
you are in a serious mood to stalk one of your WhatsApp contacts, then you can
use an app to know when the contact comes online, this app also tracks when the
chosen contact comes online and how much time they spend on WhatsApp and what
not.
Now
this is kind of creepy, right?
The
app is named as WhatsDog and is available for free on Play
Store.
- Once you download and install
the app, you will need to set it up by making an account.
- After making the account, you
will need to choose the number you want to TRACK (*cough* stalk *cough*).
- After setting up the app, you
will get notifications when the contact comes online.
Now
this is a security loophole in WhatsApp and hopefully they will fix it soon.
# Sync WhatsApp contact photos to your original contacts
How
cool would it be if you would have photos for all your contacts in your phonebook
so when they call a picture will be shown on the incoming call screen?
An
app named Contact Photo Sync will help you in importing the photos from
WhatsApp and setting them up for your phone book. The setup is manual so you
have to choose the photos one by one.
- Download the app from
Play Store.
- Open the app and it will scan
your contacts and it will tell you the ones that are on WhatsApp as well.
- You can choose a contact and
then the app will open WhatsApp and you just have to open their profile
picture and this app will capture it from there.
- The profile picture for that
specific profile will be set automatically by the app.
You
need to do this one by one for contacts you want to do it for.
Verdict
There
are many sites out there which mislead people into trying things that do not
work in 2015 on WhatsApp but we have tested and only then compiled the list
of tricks you can try with WhatsApp in 2015.
If
you have any more tricks in your knowledge then we would love to know about
them in the comments section below.