How to send a WhatsApp to numbers you don’t have in the calendar, the easiest way: with a shortcut

Do you usually send WhatsApp messages to people you don’t want on your contact list? It is not difficult to have a conversation with strangers once, but it is painful if it becomes routine. And with the shortcut that we offer you will chat with anyone in a second.

Your phone book will surely accumulate a lot of numbers, but sometimes you need communicate with someone who is not one of your usual contacts And that you wanted him to stay that way. It’s more or less easy to achieve even in apps as popular as WhatsApp, but the app doesn’t include the standard option. It is not difficult to add with a convenient button.

Create a shortcut with Macrodroid

WhatsApp allows you to send messages to numbers that you have not added to your contacts create a web link with the desired number at the end. It’s a process that is not complicated, but a bit cumbersome: since you have to communicate with a lot of people in this way, you will have to create a connection every time. Therefore, such handy tips as a Macrodroid shortcut can make your life easier.

Macrodroid lets you automate endless tasks on any Android mobile, it’s a great app if you want to get the most out of your phone. And, as the reason for this article suggests, the app also allows create a shortcut with which to send WhatsApp messages to numbers that you don’t have in your contact list.

Then we leave all the steps to you to create a shortcut that automates sending messages to numbers you don’t know. In case you don’t want to program the shortcut you can download it already done: we left them at the end of this article.

• First of all: you need to download MacroDroid on your Android. It’s a free app that works completely with an ad every now and then.
• Once you have installed Macrodroid, open it and go to “Variables”.
• Click the lower “+” and select “Integer” from the variable type menu. So you can write down the WhatsApp numbers you want to contact.
• Name it “number” (without quotes) and click accept. You have already created the variable.

• Go back to the Macrodroid cover and go to “Add macro”. You will now create the shortcut itself.
• Above, under “Enter macro name”, type “WhatsApp”, for example. Or give it whatever name you want.
• Click the “+” for triggers, enter “User input” and select “Widget button”. You can choose a predefined look or customize it with an icon you already have on your phone, like WhatsApp. Try to make it stand out on your desktop and name the button widget.

• Turn to set the “Actions” of the shortcut. Click on the “+”, go to “Own MacroDroid” and “Set variable”.
• Select the variable you created at the beginning (“number”), accept and mark “[Mensaje del usuario]“So the variable will be filled with the number you want to send WhatsApp messages to. Accept.

• Now you need to create the floating window that will appear on your mobile asking you to enter the unknown WhatsApp number. Give it a title, like “WhatsApp message” and a description, like “Enter the number you want to send a WhatsApp message to”. Uncheck the “Show existing value” box and accept. Surely you need to give permission to Macrodroid so that it can overlap with other apps.

• Now add the second action with the “+” of “Actions”, go to “Applications” and enter “Open website / GET HTTP”.
• In the “Enter URL” field, write “https://wa.me/+34” without the quotes. This is if you always call Spanish WhatsApp numbers. In case you are creating the shortcut for another country, change the “34” for the territory code.
• Click on the three dots to the right of the URL and select the variable you created at the beginning: “number”. You accept.

• You have already created the shortcut. Click on the lower “+” and everything will be done. As a recommendation, it’s always a good idea to check that it works: click on the three upper menu items and select “Test Macro”. Make sure the menu for entering the number jumps out and WhatsApp opens ready to contact the person outside of your contacts.
• Finally, add the button with the widget to the shortcut. Go to your phone’s desktop, hold down until the widget picker appears and choose the one you created in Macrodroid.

With the widget on your mobile desktop, you can send a WhatsApp to anyone just by clicking the button and typing in the number. WhatsApp will open automatically so you can join whatever you want, just now.

That it is very difficult for you to create the shortcut step by step? No problem: download it from this link once you have installed Macrodroid. It will automatically be added to your macro collection so that you can use it whenever you want.