With this feature, WhatsApp users can start a chat with their own number to take notes, and make to-do lists.
This nifty trick helps WhatsApp users chat with their own number
WhatsApp is perhaps the most popular app in India, but there's one useful feature that's a little hard to find - the ability to make notes to yourself. Other messaging apps like Signal come with this feature, which is helpful for making lists, saving links, and more. WhatsApp is used to share text messages, photos, videos, files, documents, stickers, and even GIFs. There are several features that WhatsApp has introduced over the years, and this includes the ability to archive chats, mute groups, and even star important messages. Being able to add notes to self takes the app one step further and makes it even more useful.
This feature is very easy to use, but is not very well known among WhatsApp users. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to chat with yourself on WhatsApp for taking notes, making to-do lists, and more.
Chatting with yourself on WhatsApp is useful for multiple reasons. It enables you to save links and videos of recipes, how tos, or DIYs that you may want to go through later. As mentioned, this feature also lets you make shopping and to-do lists and share files across devices easily. Follow these steps to begin chatting with yourself on WhatsApp.
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