WhatsApp is the most popular messenger of the Germans.The app also has functions that are reminiscent of a social network.We show how you can share interesting links with your contacts in just a few simple steps and without further focus.
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Much of the Germans use WhatsApp for chatting, for voice messages and video calls.However, users can also share all possible content with their contacts via the status display.
A posted contribution - whether text, photo, video or gif - then appears in the "Status" tab for 24 hours before he disappears.The only requirement: Both the transmitter and the recipient must have saved the telephone number of the other in their phone book.
You can find out how you can further restrict the circle of people who can see their status.
Step-by-step instructions: Share links via WhatsApp status
Since you can also publish text contributions in the status display, the tool is also suitable for, for example, to share interesting links.That's how it's done:
- Kopieren Sie einen Link in die Zwischenablage.
- Öffnen Sie WhatsApp.
- Wechseln Sie aus dem Chatfenster in den Reiter "Status".
- Tippen Sie unten rechts auf das Stiftsymbol, um einen neuen Beitrag zu verfassen.
- Schreiben Sie einen Anlauftext oder fügen Sie die URL aus der Zwischenablage direkt an der Stelle des Textcursors ein. (Zum Einfügen gegebenenfalls kurz den Cursor gedrückt halten, bis die Option "Einfügen" zu sehen ist.).
WhatsApp even adds a small link preview to the post for videos, so that other users see what is hidden behind it.
If you copy a URL into the WhatsApp status, the messenger shows a link preview.
The contribution can also be decorated with emojis or comments.The user can also adapt font and background color.With pressure on the arrow key, the article is sent and published in the status bar.
For example, users can post a song that no longer gets out of their heads or share an interesting news article.Other contacts can view the status and even answer them.If you switch from the chat view to the status bar and tap the article, the link opens in the web browser.
This is how the status bar turns into a kind of minimalist news feed as you know it from Facebook.The big difference: the WhatsApp articles automatically disappear after 24 hours.
