WhatsApp offers tons of useful features to make the user experience seamless. While lot of features are known to users still many remains hidden on your device. Let’s discuss some of these interesting hidden features of WhatsApp, you should use to enhance user experience.
Telegram, a popular instant messaging app, has introduced a new feature to give group admins on the app better control over how members engage, the latest in a series of interesting features it has rolled out in recent months to expand its appeal.
The feature, dubbed Slow Mode, allows a group administrator to dictate how often a member could send a message in the group.
If implemented by a group, members who have sent a text will have to wait between 30 seconds to as long as an hour before they can say something again in that group.
The messaging platform, which had more than 200 million monthly active users as of early 2018, said the new feature was aimed at making conversations in groups “more orderly” and raising the “value of each individual message.” It suggested admins to “keep [the feature] on permanently, or toggle as necessary to throttle rush hour traffic.”
As tech platforms including WhatsApp grapple with containing the spread of misinformation on their messaging services, the new addition from Telegram, which has largely remained immune to any similar controversies, illustrates how proactively it works on adding features to control the flow of information on its platform.
In comparison, WhatsApp has enforced limits on how often a user could forward a text message and is using machine learning techniques to weed out fraudulent users during the sign up procedure itself.
The feature was already available in some form or other in competitor apps like Telegram and Signal.
In individual chats, either user could turn the disappearing messages feature on or off, while in group chats the privilege is extended only to the admins.Why did WhatsApp include the disappearing messages feature?According to WhatsApp, the feature will bring a new level of privacy to the popular messaging app.
In Whatsapp’s own words, “When conversations aren’t permanent, people can speak more freely and feel more comfortable being their authentic selves, whether that be their wacky side or being more honest about their feelings.
This is a huge step for WhatsApp as we introduce ephemerality to many people for the first time ever and help them experience a new level of privacy.”How to turn on disappearing messages in WhatsApp?One can take the following steps to enable or disable disappearing messages in WhatsApp.iPhone or Android individual chatOpen individual chatTap on the contact nameSelect the disappearing messages optionIf prompted, tap continueSelect on or off to enable or disable the disappearing messagesGroup chatOnly admins can enable or disable disappearing messages on a group chat.Open the group chatTap on the group nameSelect the disappearing messages optionIf prompted, tap continueSelect on or off to enable or disable the disappearing messagesWeb and desktopTo enable or disable disappearing messages on WhatsApp Web or Desktop appsOpen WhatsApp Web/AppOpen the individual or group chatTap on the contact or group name at the topSelect the disappearing messages optionIf prompted, tap continueSelect on or off to enable or disable the disappearing messagesHow is WhatsApp’s disappearing message feature different?The disappearing messages feature in WhatsApp is different from the one compared to other messaging apps.
WhatsApp has a fixed time limit of seven days.What should watch out for?There are some things that a user should keep in mind while using the disappearing app feature.Previews: In a case, the user hasn’t opened WhatsApp for seven days, the messages would still appear in the notifications preview panel.
Once the user opens WhatsApp, then the messages will disappear.Replies: If the user replies to a disappearing message, the initial message can appear in the chat even after seven days.Screenshots: Users can take screenshots of the chat and save them.Backups: If a user creates a backup before the message disappears, then despite the disappearing message will appear in the backup, it won’t appear in the chat once the backup is restored.What about photos and media?A common question that most users have is about the photos and videos –what will happen to the media files?
The digital transformation initiatives have been affecting the business executives across various industries.
A few years back, there used to be a time when the business professional would check the calendars on their PDA or personal digital assistants.
The Virtual Digital Assistants or VDAs such as Google Now and Siri by Apple help us in performing tasks hands-free, which ranges from scanning information on the emails to providing reminders on our current activities and even help us by suggesting travel routes.
A report published by Tractica has stated that the enterprise adoption VDAs will grow to 1billion active users by the year 2025.
During this period, the VDA market will be valued at $7.7 billion in terms of global annual revenue.User Involvement in Early Phases of Digital TransformationThe very first step in starting the digital transformations is defining which applications are to be built.
Also, one should consider the potential customers for the developed application.
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