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WhatsApp like a pro with these 7 expert tricks and hidden features

Popular Science rounds up seven expert tricks for the hugely popular messaging app owned by Meta; the summary keeps the actual tricks hidden too.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAs promised, those seven hidden tricks in WhatsApp, the app your mother uses to send you thumbs-up emojis, as laid out by Popular Science.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe piece calls it a hugely popular messaging app with a lot to dig into, and it is owned by Meta.

  3. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe summary we have doesn't list the seven tricks themselves.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSeven secrets, and not one of them on the page. I've been in newsrooms where that was the whole business model.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo we know the app is popular and the tricks are hidden. That's a complete report, as far as it goes.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI once got a message through a hostile border crossing on one of these apps. Nobody mentioned a trick then.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHidden features.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHidden from everyone except the one person who sends you the thumbs-up. She's been reading the manual for years.

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