WhatsApp Tips and Tricks:

Almost every smartphone user now uses WhatsApp to stay in touch with their loved ones. However, opening the app again and again to chat becomes a matter of annoyance due to continuous messages coming at busy moments. And that's why the messaging platform has some special options or shortcuts, through which messages can be sent directly from the phone's home screen without opening the main app. It will even be possible to reply to incoming messages. Let's know in detail about this new method of messaging without opening WhatsApp.

How to send messages without opening WhatsApp

Turn on the Pop Up Chat Window option in WhatsApp –

It is very time consuming to open WhatsApp every time there is a new message and check it. Especially, opening the app and seeing an unnecessary message is quite annoying. In such situations, you can take help of a special option, due to which messages can be sent or received without opening WhatsApp. For this you have to go to the settings section of the messaging platform and enable the pop-up chat or notification option. By doing this, every incoming message in WhatsApp will appear in the form of a small chat window on the phone's home screen, just like in Messenger. Where by looking at the profile picture you can recognize the sender and decide whether to reply to him or not. And for this you don't have to open WhatsApp again and again.

Add WhatsApp chats to home screen

If you are talking to a certain number of people on WhatsApp, there is no need to add them to a group and talk together. You can chat with everyone individually, even without opening the app. WhatsApp has a special shortcut for this too. Long-tap on the profile of people you talk to a lot from the chat box. Here you will get the option to add selected WhatsApp contacts to the home screen. By doing this, you will be able to ignore unnecessary messages and avoid the hassle of repeatedly opening WhatsApp messages. If you don't know how to add chat to home screen, follow the steps given below.

Step-by-step steps to add WhatsApp chats to phone home-screen

1. Select the contacts or people you talk to on WhatsApp every day.

2. To add selected people to the home screen, long tap on their profile in the chat box.

3. Now several options can be seen on the top of the app. Within that, tap on the three-dot drop-down menu on the far right side of the screen.

4. After tapping you will see an option called 'Add Chat Shortcut'.

5. As soon as you choose the shortcut, your selected chat profile will appear on the home screen of the phone.

6. After that, you can continue messaging with that person without opening WhatsApp.