The messaging app par excellence in various countries around the world is beyond doubt WhatsApp. The app has managed to connect people all over the world regardless of the distance between them. In fact, since it is used by millions of users every day, even WhatsApp has had to update some of its functions.
After almost all social networks added the option of sharing a status that lasts only 24 hours, WhatsApp also added this chance. This upgrade at first was not much used by users, especially if we talk about an application that was born only to help exchange messages. Today, however, it is getting stronger and stronger.
WhatsApp status lasts only one day and you have the chance to share photos and videos with a 15-second limit. One of the advantages of the status is that it allows you to share external links, which clicking on them will take you to the linked Web page. If you don’t know how to do that follow this Syrus guide on how to place a link on WhatsApp status.
Create a link on WhatsApp status
Let’s see how to do it by following step-by-step these instructions for a smartphone using an Android operating system:
- First go to the web page you want to share as a status
- Press the menu at the top right represented by the three vertical dots
- Now press on the Share item
- Several options will now open, choose WhatsApp
- Once the application opens, select the My Status symbol
- Now tap on the arrow in the bottom right corner to continue
- Once this is done the WhatsApp status window will open. At this point you can customize the color, insert emoji, etc.
- Now, to publish your WhatsApp status simply tap on the arrow in the bottom right corner
If, on the other hand, you use a smartphone with an iOS operating system, here are the steps:
- Navigate to the web page you want to share as a status
- Press the share symbol (the little box with an arrow) at the bottom center
- When several options open, choose WhatsApp
- Once the application opens, select the My Status symbol
- Now tap Next at the bottom right to continue
- Customize the status to your liking
- Now, to publish your WhatsApp status simply tap on Done in the upper right corner
Another method
There is another option to share a link in WhatsApp status, let’s see how:
- Go to the web and enter the page you want to share
- Select the link and copy it
- Now open WhatsApp, if you are using an Android operating system, select the pen icon to create a new status
- Now paste the previously copied link and share it as a status
- But, if you are using an iOS operating system, after copying the link open WhatsApp
- Now select status in the bottom left corner
- Press on my status and paste the previously copied link to then share it as a status
At this point, once you have shared the status, every time someone taps on the link you shared a web link of the page you shared will open.
New WhatsApp updates
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Meta, has recently announced new updates to WhatsApp. Some of the new features include privacy updates. In fact, to this day it is possible to exit group chats without notifying participants. Deciding who can see when you are online and finally preventing screenshots of messages viewable only once. In addition, Zuckerberg himself stated:
“We’ll keep building new ways to protect your messages and keep them as private and secure as face-to-face conversations”
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