Mobile Tips & How-to Guides
Simple WhatsApp tips, privacy settings and how-to guides for everyday messaging.
آپ واٹس ایپ پر بات کر رہے ہوں اور دوسری طرف سے بار بار یہ سنائی دے کہ آواز کٹ رہی ہے، مدھم ہے یا گونج رہی ہے۔ کبھی آواز دیر سے پہنچتی ہے اور کبھی بات آدھی سنائی دیتی ہے۔ یہ مسئلہ پاکستان میں بہت عام ہے، خاص طور پر جب نیٹ ورک کمزور … Read more
A Real Keyboard Changes WhatsApp Completely If you work at a shop counter, an office desk or a home computer, picking up the phone for every WhatsApp message gets tiring — and long messages on a small keyboard are slow. WhatsApp Web solves this: it opens your WhatsApp inside the browser on your computer, so … Read more
Most of us are members of several WhatsApp groups, and many of us end up running one. There is the family group, the mohalla group, the school parents group, the office group and the old classmates group that wakes up every Eid. When a group is set up well, it is genuinely useful. When nobody … Read more
The New Tab You May Have Ignored Open WhatsApp and tap the Updates tab. Below your friends’ statuses there is a section many people in Pakistan scroll past without a second look: Channels. News outlets, cricket teams, celebrities, government departments and small businesses now post one-way updates there — and unlike groups, nobody can see … Read more
کبھی سم گم ہو جاتی ہے، کبھی نیٹ ورک بدلنا پڑتا ہے اور کبھی پرانا نمبر بند ہو جاتا ہے۔ نیا نمبر لینا تو آسان ہوتا ہے، لیکن اصل فکر واٹس ایپ کی ہوتی ہے۔ سالوں کی چیٹس، کام کی فائلیں، تصویریں اور ویڈیوز سب اسی میں محفوظ ہوتی ہیں۔ اگر نمبر غلط طریقے سے … Read more
The Fear Everyone Has When Changing Phones A new phone is exciting — until you open WhatsApp on it and stare at an empty chat list. Years of conversations, family photos, voice notes from parents, business messages and important documents can all vanish in one careless phone change. The good news: WhatsApp has a complete … Read more
سب سے پہلے اصل حقیقت سمجھ لیں تقریباً ہر شخص کے ساتھ یہ ہوا ہے: کوئی پیغام بھیجتا ہے، آپ فون اٹھانے ہی والے ہوتے ہیں کہ اسکرین پر لکھا آ جاتا ہے “یہ پیغام حذف کر دیا گیا”۔ تجسس فطری ہے — آخر لکھا کیا تھا؟ اسی تجسس کا فائدہ اٹھا کر انٹرنیٹ پر … Read more
Yes, One Number Can Work on Two Phones — Officially Many people in Pakistan keep a second phone for work, travel or battery backup, but they still want the same WhatsApp number on both devices. In the past, the common workarounds were risky: clone apps, modified WhatsApp versions, or moving the SIM again and again. … Read more
Why Your Status Videos Look Blurry and Get Cut Short You record a beautiful video — a birthday song, a cricket moment, a family function. It looks perfect in your gallery. Then you put it on WhatsApp status and two things go wrong: the video gets cut after about a minute and a half, and … Read more
Your WhatsApp Is More Public Than You Think Here is a small test. Take a family member’s phone, save your number as a new contact, and open your WhatsApp profile from their side. You will probably see your photo, your “About” line, your status updates, and exactly when you were last online. Now imagine the … Read more