If there is a type of application that really can still improve, that is Whatsapp, the most used chat in the world, which is now replacing means such as email and social networks for both private and group conversations. Today Whatsapp is used by over a billion people and is continuously growing becoming a world standard (in the hands of Facebook).
As you might notice, WhatsApp developers often add new features to each update of the application making it always better, more fun and also more and more useful (for example the possibility of sending attachments and PDF documents).
But for those who really want to improve Whatsapp there are some apps that can integrate it, on an Android smartphone, to customize or add features to the chat without risking privacy, without security problems and that do not put the Whatsapp account at risk.
NOTE : Applications that act as alternative clients to chat on Whatsapp will not be reported here, such as, for example, Whatsapp Plus or Whatsapp Gold which are almost viruses that you need to stay away from.
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1) WhatsLock, to protect Whatsapp by blocking access with a password
WhatsApp has become more secure after adding end-to-end encryption for chats by protecting itself against any hackers who could intercept communications, but it has no protection against those who can spy on us by taking our phone in hand.
As already explained, you can make sure to hide Whatsapp messages, chats and contacts with different strategies or with a specific application that blocks the chat with an access PIN.
2) WhatsDog for notification when a friend uses Whatsapp and is online
Whatswapp tells us all about when friends enter the chat, but it cannot notify us. Whatsdog does just that, it sends us a notice when a contact is seen online so that we can contact him without this escaping.
3) Dashdow : Previews with Chat Heads for WhatsApp.
Who likes the Facebook Messenger Chat Heads, can also get Whatsapp on Android by installing this special application, to have better notifications than the standard ones of the application, to be able to respond more quickly to messages. With this app active, just touch the chat head of the notification to see all the messages and just touching one of these messages opens Whatsapp. This is an effective way to not stop what you are doing on your mobile phone, but still check for incoming messages. You can enable or disable the option to view messages every time they are sent, so it is also discreet. And yes, it works to lock the screen as well. All in all, a wonderful free application whose WhatsApp features should incorporate into their official application.
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4) Chronus : Messages in the lock screen
If the Android smartphone is locked and a message arrives on Whatsapp, there is no way to read it without unlocking it. With this application installed, unread messages can be viewed on the lock screen as a notification.
Chronus is one of the best widgets for the Android lock screen and adds a great feature that is missing from Whatsapp.
5) Cleaner to delete Whatsapp images from groups and free up space
This application, to which I have dedicated an article, is really useful in finding and removing all the junk photos and videos that we receive in the various groups to which we have been added. This way you can free up precious space from Android's internal memory and prevent obscene photos from ending up in the main gallery.
6) Square Pic, to create the perfect image to put as a Whatsapp profile, with the right proportions.
7) Status Saver to download friends' Whatsapp Status images and videos
8) SKEDit, to schedule the sending of Whatsapp messages in a future time
9) Transcriber, to read audio text received in Whatsapp as text
10) Parallel Space, two Whatsapp accounts together
As already explained in a previous article, if you want to unify two different Whatsapp accounts on the same mobile phone, you can use this special application, very powerful and that works well.
Similar, but conceptually different is the OGWhatsapp app to use two Whatsapp numbers on Dual SIM smartphones .
11) Instant translator for Whatsapp
The Google Translate app, after an important update, provides the ability to be invoked by any other app on an Android smartphone.
Obviously the best use that can be made of this function is the immediate translation of chats with foreign people on Whatsapp.
12) Whatsapp Fake, to create fake chat conversations .
Those who want to have fun with friends or with reactions on Facebook can easily create, through this application, false conversations that seem to be really made with Whatsapp.
13) To send automatic replies to Whatsapp messages, you can use another application, as seen in another article.
14) WhatsaAuto allows you to set automatic replies to messages received in Whatsapp, useful when you are driving and cannot pick up the phone.
15) WhatsCrop is the app that crops an image so that it is perfectly visible as a Whatsapp profile image, adjusting the dimensions correctly.
16) Apps to create Whatsapp stickers, seen in another article.
17) WhatsApp wallpapers to set personalized wallpapers in chats .
This is a simple app to color the conversation screens in a different way, as you prefer.
18) Hide is an app to hide last access, blue ticks and Whatsapp photos and videos from the gallery.
19) FlyChat, is an app to have notifications with bubbles or floating balls with the heads inside, similar to Facebook Messenger.
20) Message Portal is the app that allows you to read received and deleted messages
BONUS: If you want to keep the possibility of seeing the blue tick of others, but you want to hide your own, there are apps like Shh, which, cleverly, allow you to hide the last access on Whatsapp and if a message is been read .
In another article, extensions to improve Whatsapp Web on Chrome .
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