WhatsApp shares its festive tips and tricks to use on the app this Christmas

Christmas is just around the corner now, and to help you get into the spirit, WhatsApp has shared its top festive tips and tricks.

WhatsApp said: “WhatsApp offers its users fast and secure private messaging, ideal for keeping friends and family updated with Christmas festivities in real time.

“So, to ensure everyone is able to connect with their loved ones no matter the time or topic, here are three helpful tips on how you can use WhatsApp to have a very happy Christmas.”

From sending festive voice notes to sharing a jolly status update, here are some fun ways to use WhatsApp in the coming weeks. 

Send a festive Voice Note

Voice notes are an easy way to speak to your friends on the go, and WhatsApp suggests you can use them to channel your inner Mariah Carey this Christmas.


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It said: “WhatsApp’s Voice Notes feature is perfect for sharing a Christmas carol or channelling your inner Mariah Carey on Christmas Day.

“Voice Notes can also be a time-saving saviour when you need to send someone a shopping list or tell an anecdote from the night before, but you don’t have the time to type. Just hold down the microphone icon and swipe up, (this locks the voice note function to ‘record’), record your message and press send!”

Share a festive Status

If you want everyone to know that you're in the festive spirit, try sharing a festive status update.

WhatsApp said: “If you just can’t contain that festive feeling and you want to let everyone know you’ve embraced Santa, why not update your status – you might be ‘at the gym’ but many of us will be ‘on the mulled wine’ in December?

“You can create your own, bespoke ‘About’ status to share the festive cheer with all your contacts.”

Finally, Christmas is the perfect time to reconnect with friends, even if they live far away.

WhatsApp added: “Due to WhatsApp being able to operate on even the lowest of bandwidths, this Christmas use WhatsApp Video or Voice Calling to connect with loved ones, no matter where they are in the world.

“Whether it’s the land down under or Timbuktu, as long as there is an internet connection, you can chat in an instant on Christmas Day.”

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