How to share a whatsapp status
How to share WhatsApp status with specific contacts: Follow steps
If you want to show or hide WhatsApp status from specific contacts on Android, and iOS, check here the step-by-step guide.
India Today Web Desk
New Delhi,UPDATED: Sep 8, 2020 18:32 IST
How to share WhatsApp status with specific contacts
By India Today Web Desk: WhatsApp has a status feature where people share photos, videos, messages, or even links with all the contacts on WhatsApp. You can choose to share your status updates with selected contacts only or with all your contacts. By default, your status updates are shared with all your contacts.
Your status updates can only be seen by someone if you have their phone number in your phone's address book and they have your phone number in their phone’s address book. If you want to show or hide your WhatsApp status from specific contacts on Android and iOS, then doing it is easy. Simply follow the steps below.
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Here is how to share WhatsApp status with specific contacts: Android- Launch WhatsApp on your Phone.
- Now click on Status.
- In the Status options window, click on more that appears as three vertical dots and select Settings from the drop-down menu.
- Here select Status Privacy.
- The next screen that follows, tap on Only Share With.
- Here, select the contacts that you wish to share WhatsApp status with then click on the green tick option from the bottom right corner.
- Launch WhatsApp on your iPhone.
- Now click on the Status tab.
- Then tap on Privacy located at the screen’s top-left corner.
- Choose only share with from the options visible on the screen.
- Select the contacts you want to share the status with and tap on Done.
My contacts: All your contacts will see your status updates.
My contacts except: All your contacts except people you select will see your status updates.
Only share with: Only the contacts you select will see your status updates.
Note:In case you already posted a status and then want to change the status privacy setting, then the new setting will be applicable to the new status that you post afterward and not on the previous one which you already sent.
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10 Things You Need to Know
When WhatsApp was first released in 2009, Status was one of the most intriguing features.
Instead of just saying Available or Busy, users could put any text in the field that showed up next to their name. WhatsApp Status quickly became the preferred way to let people know what was going on in your life.
In 2017, WhatsApp revamped the Status feature. Now it’s similar to Snapchat and Instagram Stories, while the old feature is simply WhatsApp's About section. While WhatsApp Status may seem like a Snapchat clone at first, there’s a twist that makes it useful for its audience.
Here's everything you need to know about WhatsApp Status and how to use it.
WhatsApp Status is a feature that allows you to post status updates that disappear after 24 hours of you uploading them. You can share photos, videos, text, links, and GIFs. If you know how to use Instagram Stories, you'll feel right at home. You'll quickly pick up how to check a friend's WhatsApp status and update your own.
By default, WhatsApp Status is only activated between two users who have each other’s contact details saved in their respective address books.
If you don’t have someone’s number saved in your contacts, they can’t see your Status message.
So what are some of the things you need to know about using the feature?
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On Android, tap on the Status tab on the top to open the WhatsApp Status update section. On your iPhone, you’ll find the Status tab at the bottom of the app.
Here, you’ll see a list of available Status updates from your contacts automatically under the Recent Updates heading. Tap on a contact’s name to play their WhatsApp status update.
The photo or video will play automatically. If it’s a photo, it will remain on the screen for a couple of seconds before the app presents the next status from the same contact (if they've posted more than one update).
After you’ve seen all the updates from the contact, you’ll be automatically taken to the next status update from the next contact who has posted.
If you feel like a photo disappears too quickly, you can go back to the Status screen and view the update again—or you can tap and hold on to the screen to pause the status. This will also make the user’s name disappear.
Alternatively, tap the three-dot menu in the top-right to pause the status. This gives you ample time to take a screenshot on an iPhone or Android device.
Tap on the right-hand side of the screen to switch to the next Status. If you want to jump to the next contact’s status, swipe to the left on your screen.
When you come across a WhatsApp Status that intrigues you, just swipe up to reply. You can send a text message as a reply or use the attachment icon to reply with a picture, document, audio file, video, location, or contact.
3. How to Post Photos and Videos
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Open the Status section and tap on My status. This will open the camera view.
If you want to take a picture, tap on the shutter button.
To capture a video, tap and hold on to the same button. Double-tap in the middle to switch between the cameras. Alternatively, tap the camera icon on the bottom-left.
To upload a photo or video from your gallery, swipe up from the bottom on Android. On iPhone, tap the gallery icon at the bottom left. Next, tap on a photo or video you want to post. Enter a caption if you want to and hit Send to add it to your Status.
You can only post videos of up to 30 seconds on a WhatsApp status. If you select a longer video, you’ll be asked to trim it before posting.
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Now it's time to add some fun to your WhatsApp Status. The best way to do it is with emojis! After you've selected the photo but before you’ve hit the send button, you’ll see a selection of editing options.
Tap on the pencil icon to doodle on the image in any color.
The Emoji tab will let you add an emoji or sticker to the status. The Text option will let you enter floating text over the photo or video.
The best way to add text to a status is by using the caption feature. Tap on the Add a caption text box to enter the text. Once you’re satisfied with your status, choose the Send button.
5. How to Post Text and Links
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When you’re in the Status section, you’ll see two icons: one camera icon and one pencil icon. Tap on the pencil icon to share a text update. You can directly start typing a status update or you can paste in selected text.
Tap on the T icon at the top to change the font. Select the paint palette icon to change the background color. You can paste in a link here as well, and it will show up as a target that you can tap.
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A lot of people you know, from your family and friends to work colleagues, will be on WhatsApp.
And you might not want to show your WhatsApp Status to everyone that is in your address book.
While you could go as far as completely hiding your online status on WhatsApp, there are, fortunately, simpler options. You can either hide your Status from certain contacts or only share your updates with certain contacts.
On Android, tap on the three-dot menu button on the top right under the Status tab, and select Status privacy. On iPhone, tap on the Privacy button from the top-right of the Status screen.
If you want to exclude a couple of contacts from viewing your status, tap on the My contacts except... option and select the contacts. To only share your status with a couple of friends, tap on the Only share with... option and add the selected contacts.
Click Done on iPhone and Android to save the changes. Ultimately, you have full control over who sees your updates, while making sure that the right people appreciate a WhatsApp Status' meaning.
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You probably don’t want to see what some people are posting on their WhatsApp Status. The mute feature lets you hide a contact’s status update from the feed.
On Android, tap and hold on to a contact’s status update. Then, select Mute. On an iPhone, swipe right on the contact’s name and tap on Mute. Follow the same process again to unmute them.
8. How to Post Multiple Photos on Your WhatsApp Status
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You can post up to 30 photos and videos to WhatsApp Status feature simultaneously. On Android, tap the camera icon at the bottom in the Status tab, tap and hold an image or video to select, tap additional media files, and hit Send.
On iPhone, after selecting one photo or video, tap on the + button from the bottom-left corner and select more photos or videos.
Once done, tap Done then select the Send button.
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If you don’t like what you’ve posted, you can delete it. On Android, go to the Status section, tap the three-dot menu adjacent to My Status, select the same button adjacent to the status you want to delete, and select Delete. Tap Delete again to confirm.
On iPhone, tap on My Status and swipe left on a status to reveal the Delete button. Next, tap Delete from the pop-up.
This is one of the ways that WhatsApp Status differs from Snapchat Stories. You can take a screenshot of any WhatsApp Status without alerting the user. So don't worry about being caught for taking screenshots. And if you've never actually screenshotted anything, here's how to take screenshots on Android.
Now that you know what WhatsApp Status is and how it works, you can use it to share highlights of your day.
We recommend that you first go to the privacy section and only allow access to your close friends and family. This way, you'll be more confident sharing updates and avoiding moments of "I hope my boss doesn't see my WhatsApp Status". At the very least, if you frequently find yourself sending the same photos to multiple groups, that's a perfect use case for WhatsApp Status.
Status in WhatsApp: how to make, see, remove
The WhatsApp messenger has a feature that is very similar to Instagram Stories, but few people know about it and use it. Statuses allow you to share interesting moments of life, and if you need WhatsApp to communicate with customers, then statuses can become an additional tool for promoting and drawing attention to goods/services.
In the article we will tell you what statuses are in WhatsApp and how to use them.
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Whatsapp status is a short photo, video or text message that disappears after 24 hours (similar to a story).
The tool is in the "Status" tab (thanks, Cap).
Statuses can be seen by your contacts, you can also manually forward the status to specific contacts in a private message. The posted status looks like a circle with the contact's avatar in a frame. A colored circle means that the status is not viewed, and a colorless one shows viewed ones.
There are 4 types of statuses available in WhatsApp - photo, video up to 30 seconds, text on a colored background and GIF. Also, statuses have an editor like the editor in Instagram stories.
Important: status can only be seen by people who are in your address book, and you are in their address book. That is, if you saved Petya to the phone's address book, but he does not have you, he will not see your status unless you send it manually.
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How to put a photo or video status
Go to the "Status" section.
While you have not posted any status, there will be a green plus on the avatar. We click on it. There is also a green camera icon in the lower right corner. You can click right there.
The camera opens, as in the story. If you click on the central button once, the camera will take a photo. If you hold down the button, you get a video. You can send a video of 30 seconds at a time, if the video is longer, you need to send it in parts (this also works like in stories).
You can upload a finished file from the gallery. To do this, scroll through the feed from the latest files, or swipe up to open the gallery.
Choose a photo or video. The editor opens.
Overview of the photo and video status editor
There are 4 tools at the top of the editor:
Photo Crop (also allows you to flip the file).
Smilies.
Text. Allows you to write text over an image or video.
To change the color of the letters, just swipe up and down on the color palette on the right. Text can be moved to different parts of the screen, as well as enlarged and reduced. There is only one font in this editor.
Pencil. This is also a text tool - it turns the color palette on and off. That is, to change the color of the text, you can use any of the last two tools.
If you swipe up at the bottom of the editor, a panel with color correction filters will open. So far there are only 5 of them. The filter is applied only to the image, but not to the text written in the editor.
At the bottom of the editor, you can add a caption to the file.
To replace the file, click on the icon of two squares with a plus. To publish a status, you need to click on the arrow in the green circle.
How to set text status
Click on the pencil icon in the gray circle (in the lower right corner).
Writing a text.
There are 3 additional tools available in the editor:
Smilies. Here the emoticons are different from the first editor - these are the same as when chatting in WhatsApp.
GIF. Located in the section with smiles, only at the bottom of the library you need to click on the GIF icon (downloaded from the Giphy website). There is a search for gifs.
Fonts (letter T). Click on it and the font changes. There are 5 fonts available.
Background color (paint icon). There is no palette here where you can choose a specific color - just click in a row, and each time the background will change. There are 21 colors available in the editor.
Status settings
You can configure who can view your statuses, as well as enable / disable read receipts. To do this, go to the status section and click on 3 vertical dots in the upper right corner (not opposite the status, but above).
There is a "Status Privacy" section here. By default, all your contacts see new statuses, but you can exclude some of them (“Contacts except ...” item) or set up automatic sending to a specific contact from the list (“Share with…” item).
We return to the menu, under the item "Status Privacy" there is simply "Settings".
Here we separately go to "Account", then "Privacy". Below is the "Status" tab - in it you can configure the visibility of statuses in the same way as in the previous paragraph. Even lower - "Reading reports". Make sure the slider is set to ON to be able to see the number of status views.
How to share the status
The status can be sent in a personal message of the messenger. We go to the section with statuses. Opposite your click on 3 horizontal dots.
An additional window opens. Click on the 3 dots again. You can forward, share or delete the status.
The "Forward" button allows you to send the status inside the WhatsApp messenger to any contact from the list.
The "Share" button allows you to send the status outside the messenger. That is, you can talk about the status of the audience in other instant messengers and social networks. How it looks like - click on the "Share ..." button, select Telegram in the list and send the status to the selected contact or channel / group. It is sent as a simple picture without a hint of WhatsApp.
In the same menu, you can delete your status, or it will automatically disappear after 24 hours.
P.S. If you delete a status that was sent in a private message, it will be removed from the correspondence.
How to find out the number of views of your status
Click on the 3 dots opposite the status, to the right of the avatar you can see the number of views, and when the status was posted.
When you have many statuses, they are arranged in a list and opposite each there is an icon with an eye and the number of views.
Views only within WhatsApp are counted.
How to see someone else's status
There are 2 ways:
- View in the section of all statuses. Your statuses are at the top of the list in the "Status" section. Aliens are below, in the "Recent" subsection. If it's empty, it means your contacts haven't posted any statuses in the last 24 hours.
- If a status has been shared with you in private messages, you can open and view it in the correspondence.
How to find out who viewed your status
Open your status, at the bottom there will be a number of views. We click on them - an additional panel opens, which indicates which of the WhatsApp contacts looked at the status.
How to respond to someone else's status
Open someone else's status in the status section. At the bottom there will be a Reply button. Swipe up and write a message.
Conclusion
WhatsApp statuses are the second stories, but since the main purpose of the messenger is correspondence, few people use the statuses (there is no special need).
Status is more of a nice addition to the messenger than a serious tool. This also explains the poor functionality of the editor.
If you plan to use statuses for promotion (for example, publish promotions and company news), you need to see in practice whether the effect of this tool will be specific to you. Still, Instagram stories give more returns, especially since they are already becoming the main type of content on Instagram, gradually replacing the feed.
Useful links:
- How to create a WhatsApp group: step by step instructions
- How to add a WhatsApp link to Instagram
- Disappearing WhatsApp messages
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Statuses is one of the communication tools that WhatsApp gives you in addition to text messages, photos and voice memos.
In this article, we will tell you all about this feature.
What are WhatsApp statuses?
WhatsApp Status is a communication format designed for exchanging photos, videos, text or GIFs . Unlike conversations between two users or groups, their purpose is to share updates and news with more users at the same time. WhatsApp statuses support images and videos in landscape format, although the display will be optimal when using vertical media.
This tool included in the messaging application has two features. On the one hand, the statuses are displayed as a presentation. Each uploaded image, text, or video is embedded in a slide. When there is more than one item in the status, the user can move forward or backward by tapping on the sides of the screen. On the other hand, each status item is displayed for 24 hours . After this period, the status will disappear and the contact will not be able to see it.
How do WhatsApp statuses work?
Working with WhatsApp statuses is very easy.
To get started, go to section Status .
Status section
Here you will see updates to your contacts. Click on everyone's name to see the news they've shared.
Open contact status
During the presentation, you will see the number of items in the contact status. They are displayed within a few seconds. To prevent WhatsApp from jumping to the next slide, press and hold the screen.
Slides inside status
If you want to send a reply, swipe up from the bottom of the screen. Answers are linked to a specific slide, not to all status items.
Reply to status
Navigating between slides is very easy. As we noted in the following image, you must touch the right side of the screen to go forward and the left side to go back.
Transition from slide to slide
WhatsApp will notify you of new updates to your contacts using the dot next to tab Status .
To get notifications about statuses you really care about, turn off the contacts you don't want to see updates for. Press and hold their name, then press Disable .
Disable contact status
Everything we have mentioned so far refers to the visualization of the statuses of other users. Of course, you can also create your own. You must do this by pressing the camera or pencil button.
Create new status
By pressing the pencil button, you share the text. Write your message and customize it with the controls below.
Create status with text
Similarly, you have the option to add emoticons or GIFs.
Add GIF to status
When you're done, click the submit button to post the status. On the contrary, if you press the camera button, you will be able to take a photo or select a photo from the gallery.
Holding down the shutter button will start recording.
Create status with pictures
In the same way, use the submit button to post a photo or video.
Finally, we deal with an important issue: confidentiality of statuses. Under Status , click on the three vertical dots and open Status Privacy.
Privacy setting
Here you can specify which contacts can see your status updates.
Share status with favorite contacts
It is important that you configure these privacy settings before posting statuses. This way you will avoid sharing content with unwanted users.
Tricks to get the most out of WhatsApp statuses
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