The launch of WhatsApp’s new desktop app, Whatsapp Web, has introduced the world to a whole new host of things that you can do.
But perhaps people aren’t utilising the original phone app to its full potential.
Here are ten things you may not know you can do:

1. Bold, italics, strikethrough

For bold, add (*) to the beginning and end of the word
For italics, add (_) to the beginning and end of the word
For ~~strikethrough~~, add (~) to the beginning and end of the word

2. You can change your friend’s profile picture to a monkey

Go to contacts and copy your friend’s number.
Rename the monkey image your friend’s number, taking out the (+).
Paste the image to his/her WhatsApp profile picture, and voila, your friend is now a monkey!

3. Blue-ticks-no-more

Open WhatsApp
Go to settings, account and then privacy
Un-check the ‘read receipts.’

Unfortunately, this means you can’t see when people have read your messages, either.

4. Tricking the blue tick

When you’ve received a message, turn on Airplane Mode.
Open the message.
Read it in secret.
The sender won’t see the blue ticks until you open WhatsApp again!

5. Saving your chat history

Got to settings, chats, and chat backup
Configure your chat settings so that the backup frequency is either weekly or monthly, and tick ‘include videos’ if you want to

6. Sending a giant heart

This one has been around for a while, but it’s still a nice reminder.
Find the heart emoji
Send it without anything else

7. Transfer files between your computer and your phone

Create a group, add a friend and then delete them (so you’re in a group with yourself)
Open WhatsApp Web and login by scanning the QR code
Send the media you want to transfer to your computer through the WhatsApp group
Open the chat on the computer and the media is there!

8. Custom notification rings for different chats

Go on the chat you want
Tap on the name
Enable the ‘custom notifications’ option
Pick the tone you want

9. See someone’s Last Seen and hide yours

Send one message to the person of your choice
Delete said person from your contact list
The chat will still be in the app
Go to settings, account and then privacy and change the ‘last seen’ preferences to My Contacts