When you telework, it is common for one of your means of communication with the company or with co-workers to be WhatsApp. But having to be picking up the mobile, opening it and going to the application It is a waste of time being able to use WhatsApp web in the browser. Now, do you know how WhatsApp web works?
Although there is no mystery to it, we want to focus on reviewing this app to get you to master it like a pro (including some secrets that not many know). Go for it?
What is WhatsApp web
First of all, it is important that you understand what WhatsApp web means. I know it is a version for the computer browser in such a way that you can read and write messages with your keyboard and screen without having to constantly look at the app on your mobile.
This is quite useful when you spend a lot of time in front of the computer and also communicate with a team or with people during your working hours. And it is that cWith having a tab open with this page you will have all WhatsApp open.
How WhatsApp Web works
Now that you know what WhatsApp web is, it's time to know how to use it 100%. For it, the first thing is to be able to enable it, and in this case, and only in this caseYes, you will need your mobile.
What you have to do? You'll see. In the browser you have to go to the url web.whatsapp.com. This is the main and official page of WhatsApp web. The first time you load it, it will appear with a text message and a QR code on the right. This code is the one that, through WhatsApp, you will have to read for me to link your account to this page.
And how is that done? You have to open the app on your mobile and hit the three dots on the right side, above. There you get a menu that says "new group, new broadcast, linked devices, featured messages and settings". Hit paired devices.
If you don't have any, You will have to click on the "link a device" button and a QR reader will automatically appear that will be active, so you will have to bring the mobile closer to the PC browser for it to read that code. It is quite fast, so in seconds the PC screen will change to synchronize with your account and offer you a big view of all your WhatsApp.
From that moment you can use the browser to write and you have to know that everything you write will also be on your mobile later, with which in reality it is as if they cloned your account to have it on the PC as long as you want.
What can you do with WhatsApp Web
For now, not everything you do on WhatsApp can be done on WhatsApp web. There are some things that are not available, and although for some it may be very important, What the tool is really looking for is to keep in touch. In general, you can do everything except:
- Put filters on photos. In this case, in the browser you will not have that option, but the photos are shared as is.
- Share location. It is another thing that you will not be able to do, something normal because in reality you are with a computer, not with the mobile that is the one that has the GPS.
- Voice calls or video calls. For now it is not possible, but it is one of the updates that we will surely see in a short time because there are many who request it and they will surely end up enabling it (for this you would have to give the service page permission to use your microphone and your camera).
- Upload states. Although it allows you to see the statuses of your contacts, and even interact with them, you cannot upload a new status from WhatsApp web. You would have to use your mobile for now.
- Configure WhatsApp. It is another of the things that will not allow you. In fact, everything related to the configuration of the app can only be seen and changed through the mobile. Except: configure notifications, wallpaper and blocked.
- Create a broadcast or contact. Both are exclusive to the mobile, although if they allow you to create groups, it is most likely that they will end up allowing these two as well.
Shortcuts in WhatsApp web
Since we know that time is money, wouldn't you like that, by pressing a couple of keys, a new chat would appear, or silence the conversation to be able to focus on work? Here are some commands that are quite useful.
- CTRL+N: New chat.
- Ctrl + Shift + ]: Next chat.
- Ctrl+Shift+[: Previous chat.
- Ctrl+E: Archive the conversation.
- Ctrl+Shift+M: Mute the conversation.
- Ctrl+Backspace: Delete the conversation.
- Ctrl+Shift+U: Mark as unread.
- Ctrl+Shift+N: Create a new group.
- Ctrl+P: Open the profile.
- Alt+F4: Close the chat window.
Other tricks you should know
If you want to become a true WhatsApp web pro, then these tricks may interest you. Look at them.
Read messages without opening the chat
One of the first things we want when they send us a message is that the other person does not know that we have read it. Especially if we are not going to answer him yet. But curiosity wins over us and we end up opening.
Well, with WhatsApp web there is a trick. If you put the cursor over the message that has been sent, it will reveal it to you. Actually, what it does is preview it so you can read it without the other person knowing (because it won't show that you've read it (with the double blue check)).
send emoji
Until recently, the emojis in the browser meant having to search for them manually, because they did not appear. Even now they don't do it either but there is a trick and that is that if you put the colon, everything you type below will give you emoji suggestions. That way you can quickly choose which one you want to send.
This wasn't so easy before, but now they've improved it quite nicely.
Now you are ready, you know how WhatsApp web works and everything you can do with this service. So, do you dare to keep it open all day to stay in touch with friends and family?