Eight ingenious uses of WhatsApp Web that go beyond chat

Using tools like WhatsApp on the computer allows us to keep an eye on our chats without having to take out our mobile every time. However, we often forget the great potential of WhatsApp Web. And it is that there are many uses beyond chatting with friends and family.

And it is that, despite the fact that it has some limitations regarding the application, such as the impossibility of downloading content in the States, there are many other functions that they can even increase our productivity. In this article, we go over those uses that are not so well known and which, to a large extent, could also apply to WhatsApp on mobile phones.

You can use multiple accounts with one computer

If you have several WhatsApp accounts and these are active on several mobiles to which you have access, be aware that you can configure them all in several browser windows. Of course, there is a little trick and that is that they must be incognito windows, having to have as many WhatsApp accounts as you have. It must be said that you can have one in a normal window.

Transfer files from computer to mobile and vice versa

Surely you know several methods to transfer photos and videos from mobile to computer, as well as PDF documents, audio tracks and other file types. Same setback. Well we have to tell you that WhatsApp Web is one of the most comfortable methods to perform these actions, as it is enough to drag documents to the conversation or attach them with a few clicks.

Now for prevent photos and videos from losing quality, it is recommended to send them as a ZIP or RAR file. This way you can make them in better quality when you download them on your mobile. The same thing happens in reverse, and the application still compresses the quality of this type of file in a much more obvious way than when you compress the file.

By the way, as a reminder, let me tell you that there is a 2 GB limit in WhatsApp, so if you want to send a lot of content, you will have to do it in parts. If you need to send a single file that already exceeds this weight, you will have to resort to other methods.

View messages without them being marked as read

This is undoubtedly one of the most interesting WhatsApp web tricks. And it is that, just as we find ways to read WhatsApp without leaving a trace from the mobile, in WhatsApp Web we can also do it thanks to the text box that appears on hover.

When you are in the main view of WhatsApp Web, without having to enter a specific chat, you may notice that when you move the mouse over a received message (even if it has not been read), if you wait several seconds, a small box will appear with the content of the message. The bad thing is that it will only serve to see the last message received and you will continue to show “Online”.

Copy-paste also works to send photos on WhatsApp Web

In line with the above, it comes to mind to tell you a trick that you may not have known and which is very useful. especially to be a interesting advantage over the mobile version. All you have to do is open an image on your computer, right click, click “Copy Image” and go to the WhatsApp chat you want to share it in and do the same process, just click on “Paste image”. And yes, it also works with the classic Control C and Control V commands (Command C and Command V on macOS).

Create your own important documents folder

You can create a conversation with yourself on WhatsApp in a very simple way and get all kinds of benefits. One of them is to be able to have something like a shared folder between your mobile and your computer. Although in this case more than a conversation with yourself, we recommend more create a group with only youfor which you must add at least one person and then delete it.

Once you’ve created the group, you can rename it and put whatever photo you want and even pin it to the top for always have it accessible. Of course, our advice is to use it only for files that you need to consult on a recurring basis, because mixing it with other annotations can make it lose the essence for which you created it.

and yes it is a perfectly valid utility for mobile, but in the end, we usually store more such documents on the computer and that is why WhatsApp Web is more useful. And it is that, as we have explained before, attaching files on the desktop is extremely simple.

Now there is a clear drawback in this section and it is that everything you send from the computer will be downloaded to the mobile. This could be problematic for saving storage space. For this reason, it would be practical if, in the WhatsApp configuration of the mobile application, you deactivated the automatic downloading of files.

Essential to not lose any idea

We do not always have our mobile at hand or it is convenient for us to take it out when a good idea or something else comes to mind. we want to write to consult later. Either in text format or via voice recording.

Well, in the same way as we mentioned before for important documents, you can also create a group in which only you are and that it helps you quickly write down everything that comes to mind. And it’s that note apps aren’t always the fastest option for some things.

Have a shared expense account

We do not leave the domain of groups, although in this case it may be interesting to use it with other members of the household or with friends with whom you usually share the cost of dinners, parties and other events. As in the previous cases, everything can be written from the mobile, but WhatsApp Web wins here when it comes to spending update attach invoices or make manual transfers from the bank’s website. Actions always more comfortable on desktop than on mobile.

Your newsfeed to read later

We often have to deal with the distractions of finding an interesting website that we didn’t know about, an interesting news story that we can’t read right now, or a news report or video that takes time. There is no problem. Again, you can create another group with links to visit later.

And as a conclusion to all these additional uses of WhatsApp on the computer, give yourself a last tip: try to maintain order. If you find it useful to create groups for actions like the ones we mentioned, it’s nice that you always have them in order, either pinned to the top or ranked. Likewise, it would be practical not to mix these groups with files, messages or audios that are not related to the purpose for which you created them.