20 best WhatsApp suggestions and tricks For iphone and Android [2015 Edition]

WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world today with over 800 million active users using the service across multiple platforms.

Here are top 20 most helpful suggestions and tricks available for WhatsApp on Android and iPhone.

Backup And Restore

Both iOS and Android version of WhatsApp offers built-in option for backing up and restoring messaging history and more. For much more details on how to do this on Android, check out: How To Backup and restore WhatsApp Messages On Android.

On iPhone, you can use iCloud to store your WhatsApp data. For much more details on how to do this, check out: Backup / restore WhatsApp chat Messages and photos On iphone The easy Way.

SIM Card For WhatsApp

WhatSim will cost you $11.60 annually, but this special SIM card can connect to 400 mobile networks across 150 countries, allowing you to stay in touch with your friends and relatives on WhatsApp without taxing your mobile data.

WhatsApp web Client

WhatsApp has an official web client which allows users to converse with contacts from the comfort of their computer. It includes all the functions featured in the smartphone app.

The WhatsApp web Client only supports Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry 10 devices for now. If you have one of these devices, follow our guide here on how to get started.

There’s an unofficial way for iphone users to use this service. You can find our tutorial for it here: How To use WhatsApp web client With iPhone.

Get push Notifications When Contacts Come Online

iOS users can tweak their jailbroken devices to alert themselves best on the lock screen whenever a particular contact comes online or begins typing in a conversation window.

More details on how this can be achieved can be found here: How To get A push Notification From WhatsApp When A particular contact Comes Online.

WhatsApp Voice Calling

WhatsApp did take some time to launch its VoIP service, but now that it’s here, you will be amazed on how seamless the feature is coupled with some very good audio clarity.

The feature is fully functional on both iPhone and Android smartphones.

More on this: How To enable WhatsApp Voice Calling On iPhone.

WhatsApp Desktop (Mac) Client

Mac users can make use of a native app – called WhatsMac – which sings the same tune as the WhatsApp web Client. The app is simply wrapped around the existing service and supports Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices.

iPhone users will have to check out the jailbreak tweak just discussed above, in purchase to use this app.

Download WhatsApp desktop client for Mac OS X from here.

WhatsApp Desktop Notifications

A Chrome plugin, which, once installed in the browser, will keep you notified of WhatsApp web client based alerts, even if the browser is closed.

Here’s a quick look at the plugin, and how you can install it: How To enable WhatsApp web client Notifications On Your Desktop.

iOS quick Reply For WhatsApp

Quick Reply feature in iOS 8 is exclusive to the Apple’s Messages app, but there’s a way around it to enable it for WhatsApp. Here’s how you can do this: How To enable native iOS 8 quick Reply For WhatsApp Messenger.

Lock WhatsApp On Android

Looking to safeguard your WhatsApp conversations from friends who like to snoop around? An Android app called, ‘Messenger and chat Lock’ will lock down WhatsApp with a PIN code of your choice, and can even do the same for your Facebook app as well.

You can download the app from here.

WhatsApp Widget

Want to add shortcuts for your WhatsApp contacts in your iOS Notification Center? ‘Shortcut for WhatsApp Plus’ will allow you to pin your favorite WhatsApp contacts to Notification Center. For much more details on this, check out: How To add WhatsApp quick contact Shortcut Widget To iOS 8.

Android users can simply tap and hold on a conversation, which will reveal an option reading “Add conversation shortcut”.  Tap that option, and it will add a direct WhatsApp shortcut to your favorite contact on your home screen.

Sync WhatsApp profile images To Phone Contacts

iOS users can use AvatarSync for syncing WhatsApp profile images of contacts to their local iOS Contacts list on iPhone. You can find much more details on it here.

If you’re using an Android device, there are plenty of apps on Google Play that can accomplish this task. some of the noteworthy ones are Sync.me and contact photo Sync.

WhatsApp On Tablets

Easily one of the most popular query on the Internet. Luckily, there is a workaround for iOS users to get WhatsApp working on the iPad or iPod touch. Here’s a complete guide on how to set it up: Install WhatsApp On iPad and iPod touch Without Jailbreak [VIDEO].

As for Wi-Fi only Android tablets, you will need to first download the APK file for WhatsApp as the one available on Google Play will not show up for Wi-Fi only Android tablets. once you have downloaded the APK, enable sideloading ofnull