Since Facebook has purchased WhatsApp, they are introducing many interesting and useful features. Some are very common in use like send a picture, send files, video calls, etc. But some features are not common in use and many people don’t know how to use these features. 

We are giving you some interesting features you must use in 2020. To reveal these features, you follow our step-by-step guide to proper setup. 

Here is a list of the Top 10 WhatsApp Hidden Features and then we explain one by one.

1. Hide Whatsapp Group photos and videos from the gallery.
2. Secure account using a fingerprint lock
3. Hide Blue Ticks that indicate messages are read. 
4. Read Deleted Message on WhatsApp.
5. Auto answer to your Whatsapp Messages
6. Share Live Location to your Friends.
7. Pin a specific conversation or make a shortcut
8. Check who has read your message in a group.
9. Schedule Whatsapp message and send them later
10. Email your chat conversations.

Let’s discuss now each feature and learn how to use them. 

1. How to Hide Whatsapp Group Photos from Gallery

Sometimes, groups conversation has unwanted photos and videos that we don’t want to show in the gallery. Some content may be a vulgar picture or video, and showing this in a gallery can create a problem. WhatsApp now has this option to hide it from your gallery. 

To do this, follow these steps:

• Go to the group that media files you want to hide.
• Tap the group name on top.
• Then Tap the “Media Visibility” option.
• Select option “No” from the next popup screen and press OK. 

2. Secure WhatsApp Account by Fingerprint Lock

The fingerprint is also a great option to secure your account from hacking or illegal use. Whatsapp has introduced it in the latest update. You can enable it from privacy settings. But remember, if fingerprint authentication fails, there is no option to retrieve or a pattern lock to open it. 

To enable the fingerprint lock, follow these steps:

• Go to the “Settings” option by tapping three dots on top.
• Then tap the “Account” option.
• Select “Privacy” and then scroll down to the end and you will see the option “Fingerprint Lock”

3. How to Hide Blue Ticks in WhatsApp Messages

If you want to read the message but don’t let to know the sender, you can use this feature. There is also another way to read the message without the sender knowing. 

• You can disable blue ticks by going to Settings >> Account >> Privacy >> uncheck Read Receipt. In this way, you also can’t see the other’s blue ticks if they read your message or not. 
• Another way is to disable the internet or put it on Airplane Mode and read the message. After reading, disable the Airplane mode.

4. How to read deleted Whatsapp messages.

You can now read messages that your friend has deleted it. Although it’s not a feature of WhatsApp, a third-party app will do this perfectly. Download this app and install it. This app will give you a complete chat history in a log file. And then you can see all the deleted messages.

Read this for detail: How to Read Deleted WhatsApp Messages on Android

5. Auto Answer to Your WhatsApp Messages

This is also a third-party app to do this, but its a great thing to do. Especially for a business and where customers want quick support, you can use this app to auto-answer their queries. 

The App name is “Auto Reply to Whats”, Download it from here. 

6. How to Share Live Location to Friends and Family

This is a great feature to share location with your contacts for 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 8 hours. This will be helpful when you are going to a not safe area in an emergency. It’s easy to use and very helpful feature. Here are the steps to do this:

• Go to the chat you need to share location with that.  
• Tap the attachment icon in the reply box.
• Popup options show a “Location” icon, tap that icon.
• Press “Share Live Location”  

7. Pin Specific Conversation in WhatsApp

If you want a specific conversation always remain on top, you can use this feature. Its a good feature if you want to keep on top an important conversation to reply to them quickly and don’t want to scroll down. To do this, follow these steps:

• Go to Whatsapp Chat or Messages
• Long-press a conversation that you want to remain on top.
• A pin icon shows on the top bar
• Simply tap that icon. 

8. How to Check Who Has Read Your Message in a Group. 

In Whatsapp, blue ticks notify that this message has been read. But when it read is a question. Also in a group, you want to know who has read your message, you can do this by following these steps. 

• Long-press the message you want to know when it read.
• An information button (i) shows on the top bar, tap it.
• New screens show you who has read your message, messages delivered to what person, and also time when they read. 

9. Schedule Whatsapp Messages and Send them Later

If you wish to send messages later and schedule them, you can do now by a third-party app. This is a great option when you want to wish someone at the exact time of 12 am, but you sleep early, you set the time and sleep, your message will be sent automatically. Also, you can send a schedule message in a group too. 

Download this app, and grant all access to your phone. You can fill the require information and then schedule your message. 

10. Email Your Chat Conversations

You can backup your chat conversations by sending them to your email. It’s an amazing feature by Whatsapp. To do so, follow these steps:

• Go to “Settings” and then select “Chat”
• Select “Chat History”
• A new window appears, select “Export Chat” option
• Select the conversation you want to export, 
• Then select Media or without media and complete the process.
• A default window option for many options to send this chat file to either Email or other WhatsApp, choose the Email option you have.
• It will then send an email with the file of your chat history. 

Conclusion

So you have read all 10 amazing features of Whatsapp, What do you think what feature is the best and useful? Just write down your comment, as we want to know your opinion. But we love all these features and the most important and interesting feature is to read the deleted messages. Share the post and comment about this post.