Many are led to believe that by now we really know everything about WhatsApp. That’s not really the case: in this article we’re going to talk about the green app’s secret microphone and camera. Both can be very useful to you.
Why is WhatsApp able to have all this success even if more and more competing platforms are popping up? Probably a lot of the credit can be found in the continuous updates that Meta releases for one of its most important apps. These frequent updates introduce a series of improvements which meet the needs of an audience of users that has become increasingly larger. Suffice it to say that according to what emerged in the latest data, there are more than two billion WhatsApp users worldwide.
Furthermore, with the green app it is possible to chat, including group chats, make calls and video calls, post status updates and Stories, send photos, videos and documents and much more. Those who have been using this messaging platform for several years now are convinced that they know all its secrets. But is it really like that?
WhatsApp secrets: microphone and camera
The Instagram page ‘Tips for you’, followed by almost 97,000 followers, published a video to show some details of WhatsApp that many users don’t know. This is the secret microphone and camera, two elements that can make the experience of using the famous application even more satisfying. But how to find them?
Among the many popular features of WhatsApp there is also the one that allows you to send voice messages in chat. Usually to do this we go to click on the microphone icon on the app, or the one located at the bottom right inside the green dot. In the video it is recommended not to proceed in this way, but to click on the empty space as if you wanted to write a message to make the virtual keyboard appear and click on the other microphone iconwhich we will always find on the right.
How to find the hidden camera
Why this choice? This does not send a voice message: the functionality, in fact, will transcribe what we say into text in the chat. By doing this we don’t run the risk of someone else listening to our audio.
As mentioned, WhatsApp also has a secret camera. Click and hold on the text field, then press Extract text to make the keyboard become a camera. You can take photos of prints and send them in text format to whoever you want: another ‘gem’ of the green app that few people knew about.
