More productive tips for working from home with WhatsApp

Suara.com – The WhatsApp messaging application is experiencing an increase in the number of users in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the market research company Kantar, in the Covid-19 Barometer survey, worldwide it shows that the use of WhatsApp has increased up to 40 percent among users between 18 and 34 years old.

WhatsApp is one of the important applications to use when Work from home (FMH) or work from this house. However, for those of you who are not used to using WhatsApp for work, you can follow these guidelines to make the WFH flow easier and more convenient:

1. Mark the message with the star function

Most of the coordination on work takes place on WhatsApp and does not rule out the possibility of users joining new groups. That makes more and more notifications on WhatsApp and can cover more important messages.

Users can mark important messages in groups or private chats with the star function. With these features, users can find important messages more easily.

To mark it, touch and hold the message you want to highlight> touch the Star icon that appears at the top of the application. Meanwhile, to find the starred messages, tap the other three-dotted options on the right of the smartphone screen> tap Starred messages.

2. Customize notifications

Users can customize WhatsApp notifications so they can focus on important conferences or video calls. This feature allows users to find out which notifications come from superiors, colleagues or WhatsApp groups in the office.

To customize notifications, open the chat you want to set> touch the individual or group chat name> touch Special notifications> select Use special notifications.

However, if the user requires more focus and focus while working, users can also mute notifications by creating individual or group chats> tap the chat or group name> tap Mute notifications. Select the desired time period to silence notifications> tap OK.

3. Insert chat

Users can join several new groups while working from home and divide attention. In this case, the user must determine the priority of the group or the most important individual chat.

With the embedded chat feature, users can pin workgroups to the top of the chat list so there is no need to have trouble finding important groups among other chat stacks.

For iPhone users, to embed chat users, you can swipe to the right of the chat you want to pin> tap Pin. For Android users, tap and hold the chat you want to embed> tap Pin Chat.

Good luck, I hope your FMH stream is more comfortable and productive!