- WhatsApp is one of the most used apps worldwide.
- Messenger contains many hidden features and easter eggs.
- We have set out on a quest and will reveal the secrets for you.
Messenger WhatsApp is one of the most used apps worldwide. You too certainly use it for several hours a day and yet you certainly don’t yet know all the secrets of the app. Below we list them for you.
That is why the calendar shows February 24th
Have you taken a closer look at WhatsApp’s calendar emoji? This indicates February 24th. The date was not chosen at random, but is related to the founder of the messenger Jan Koum. it’s his birthday
The “1” hides a secret
If you share an image via WhatsApp, you can specify that it can only be viewed once. In the chat, the picture is therefore marked with a circled “1”. Do you know what happens if you tap the icon again after watching – No?
A finger-to-mouth emoji will appear, asking you to be quiet. You can watch the animation in the WhatsApp fan blog WABetaInfo tweet.
beating hearts
If you send a single smiley, it will usually only be shown larger. But with hearts it is different. It’s the only emoji in Messenger that includes animation. If you only send a single heart, it will start beating in the chat.
Fun fact: For a long time only the red heart contained an animation. Meanwhile, the hearts of different colors are also beating.
Send emoji with asterisks
We’ve already said that if you only send one emoji, it will be shown larger. But what happens if you put an asterisk before and after it? In this case the control character prevents this and the smiley appears in regular size.
Control characters in WhatsApp
Stars are control characters in WhatsApp. There is more of this:
- If you put the asterisk “*” before and after a section of text, this section of text will be displayed in bold.
- The same with underscore instead of asterisk will make the section italic.
- With a tilde before and after you can cross out words or sentences.
- With the three accent symbols ““`” before and after a text passage, it appears in an alternative font.
You don’t have to remember all these characters, you can also call them up via an options menu.
Also interesting…
If you want to send your own Easter greetings as a GIF, you will find a selection of funny Easter animations in the linked article, and we also have suitable sayings for your Easter greetings via WhatsApp for you. In another article we will show you how to create suitable pictures for your Easter greeting.
