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Learn How To Turn Your Photos Into WhatsApp Stickers

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Facebook-owned highly popular messaging platform WhatsApp has been introducing cool and interesting features one after the others in recent times. The recent feature which has been winning the hearts is the stickers. The stickers are the most awaited feature in WhatsApp that various other of its competitors have but it lacks. Finally, WhatsApp has stickers now.

WhatsApp after installing the latest update will add some of the few stickers packs by default and you can even download the third party sticker packs from the play store. WhatsApp even allows its users to create their very own custom stickers using their pictures.

Creating Custom WhatsApp stickers

  • As a first step, make sure you are having the latest version of the WhatsApp application installed on your device
  • Now just click pictures by making the expressions you want
  • Then convert the pictures into .png format with no background. You can do this by using any background eraser application of your choice. There are many such applications available online
  • Get the Background Eraser application downloaded and installed on your Android device
  • Open the application and now select the picture you have clicked earlier which you wish to convert into stickers
  • Now erase the background from the image by using magic or manual tool
  • Then crop the image and make it look like a sticker
  • Finally, save the image in the .png format as WhatsApp supports PNG format for stickers
  • Create a minimum of three such personalized stickers as WhatsApp doesn’t allow you to add sticker packs with less than three pictures
  • Now head to the Google play store and download the Personal Stickers for WhatsApp
  • Now when you open the application, the app will automatically detect all the personalized stickers that you have created
  • Then tap on the add button next to the stickers
  • Then tap on add again when a pop up asks you
  • You are done with the setup, now just close everything and open the chat window in the WhatsApp application and click on the smiley icon
  • Now tap on the stickers icon and then tap on your photo to find the stickers you have created
  • You can send them to your dear ones from now on

Isn’t it a cool way to communicate. Just try these and make your conversations more fun filled.

Save your device memory from WhatsApp media

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WhatsApp which is undoubtedly the most used messaging application with about 1.2 billion people worldwide using it. Probably it is the first smartphone android application that every user downloads immediately after purchasing a new smartphone. It has become the means of texting all over these days and it even replaced the word texting.

But for some people who don’t know how to properly and completely use the application, this can be quite an annoying application automatically downloaded media filling up the device memory and exhausting the data. Don’t worry, here is how you can stop the media from automatically downloading.

  • Open the WhatsApp application
  • Now from the chats page, click on the three-dot icon which you can find on the top right corner of the screen
  • Then from the drop down menu select Settings
  • You will be then headed to the settings page, here click on Chat
  • Then tap on the Media download option
  • Here you can see three options as when using mobile data, when using WiFi and when roaming
  • Just tap on each option at a time and then uncheck the three options available there which are Images, Audio and video

So, now you are done and from now on, you will have to download the media before you can see it. However, WhatsApp automatically downloads the audio messages and you can’t stop that. Save your device memory and data by making these changes in your WhatsApp.

Use WhatsApp as a personal bookmarking and note taking app

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WhatsApp, the most popular messaging application which has about a billion monthly active users is a really great application for communication these days. But have you ever thought of using WhatsApp messenger application as a bookmarking tool or a note taking app? Yes, with the help of a simple tip you can use your most favourite messaging app as a bookmarking tool. Just follow the simple steps below

  • Open the WhatsApp messenger application
  • Create a group with just one person in it and name it as Bookmarks and notes
  • On the home screen of the app just click the three dotted icon on the top right of the screen
  • Now just select one of your contacts and click on the arrow icon on the bottom to continue
  • Now enter the group name as Bookmarks and notes
  • Finally, click on the tick icon, then the group will be created
  • Now just open the group and remove the person you added before creating the group
  • You can do that by just opening the group, clicking on the group name, you can find the members of the group there
  • Just long press the contact whom you added earlier while creating the group and click on remove the contact option from the pop-up window

Now you are the only member of that group and it can be your note taking app or you can even use it to save your bookmarks and links that you want to view at a later time.

How to rollback to old version of WhatsApp on android devices

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WhatsApp has been adding lots of features regularly and the recent update is the Status feature which is very much similar to the Instagram Stories. But this update has received a huge negative uproar, unlike the previous updates.

Many people haven’t been updating their app as they don’t like this update and they don’t want to miss the status feature which got disappeared in the latest updated app. But some may have already updated their app and are regretting that a lot. Don’t worry WhastApp is in the plans of bringing the most popular feature back to the users again with a changed name tagline. But if you are among the users who are very much desperate to rollback to the previous version rather than waiting for the next update, then here is the process for you. This process doesn’t require the android devices to be rooted.

  • Just download the apk file of the older version of the WhatsApp, which can be 2.17.60 from the website apkmirror
  • Now just install the apk file by allowing the unknown sources in the android device
  • Finally just setup your account and then you will see the old WhatsApp.

So, use this simple process to rollback to the old version of the app on your android device.

How to use WhatsApp’s new status feature

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WhatsApp, the most popular messaging application which is very continuously releasing various much-needed features to its application that has been appreciated by various people around the globe has now recently launched an update. It is the status update feature which is very much similar to the stories feature in Instagram and Snapchat. Introducing this feature, WhatsApp has released an update with which it removed the old status where the users used to post text as their status.

How to create/update status:

  • Open the WhatsApp, tap on Status, and then click on My Status
  • Now click on the Plus icon on the top right corner of the app screen.
  • You can select the photos and videos that you want from your gallery or you can even take photo by tapping on the button and hold it to take a video
  • Add a caption or message by clicking on the add caption option and tap on the send button.

That is it, you are done with updating your status and you can check how many people viewed your status by clicking on the menu button on the right side of it. This status will be automatically deleted in 24 hours.

You can change the Privacy settings of your status by going to status tab and click on the three dots icon and then on the Status Privacy option. Here you can find three options My contacts – where the status will be shared with all of your contacts, My contacts except – where you can share your status with your contacts by excepting a few people, Only share with – where you can share your status with only a few people.