Discover 8 extensions that improve WhatsApp Web
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The use of extensions on WhatsApp Web is becoming frequent, as the application has had strong acceptance among PC users, whether to share screens and work files on desktops and also to keep notifications and conversations in the same work environment. Additionally, other features can be activated by installing extensions in your browser. Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox and they are the ones we will get to know now.
What are browser extensions?
For those unfamiliar with PC user terminology and tools, the term web extensions may seem complex or unusual. However, it is actually simpler than it looks. Browser extensions are like applications that, when installed, tie into the larger program and give it functionality beyond its native capabilities.
In this way, browsers as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Safari gain extra features such as spell checker, dictionary e screen capture, increasing their customization and adding many functions to them.
How to install extensions on WhatsApp Web?
First, if you've never used the Web WhatsApp, you must enter the WhatsApp Web site on your PC and, in the WhatsApp Options tab on your mobile, click Connect a Device to establish the connection and view the application screen on your monitor. For more information we have here a list of 10 tips for using WhatsApp Web and also a tutorial on how to use whatsapp web on computer.
Already for install extensions on WhatsApp Web you will need to enter the store Chrome Web Store or at the store Firefox browser in the extension sections and search for the extension you want to install. Did it seem complicated? Don't worry, because below are direct links for each extender, you just have to click it in your browser and start its installation by clicking on the button Install/Use in Chrome and, in the new window that appears, select Add extension.
To enable or disable an extension, click on the extensions symbol, represented by a puzzle block located to the right of the link bar, and a list of extensions will reveal itself. On this same screen, you can view and activate contents available by the extender by clicking on the corresponding icon. now for fix the extension and leave it always visible for possible modifications, click on the pin symbol next to the extension, called Fix, for it to be included as an individual icon next to your browser's link bar. You can also manage all extensions installed on your browser by clicking Manage extensions, available at the end of this list.
List of extensions on WhatsApp Web
Now follows a list of free extensions to be used in your browser in conjunction with the Web WhatsApp.
Direct Message for WhatsApp
O Direct Message for WhatsApp allows the user send direct messages to a mobile number without having to add it on the agenda. It is also possible, through this extension, to send messages to your own phone number, using it as a reminder or a scratch screen.
Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web
Ideal for those who use WhatsApp in a public environment and want to prevent personal content from being seen. The resource Privacy Extension for WhatsApp Web allows not only blur images on WhatsApp Web, but also texts, through a varied selection of options, which includes from erasing all messages in the chat active, from media, from message previews on the left, to profile pictures and usernames.
The visualization of images and texts is allowed when hovering over and all the customization created can be rolled back or restored through the keyboard command 'Alt + X'.
Share to WhatsApp
As the name already gives, the extension Share to WhatsApp allows it to be shared the current browser screen, or, in other words, the link, with some WhatsApp contact, it is no longer necessary to use the copy/paste shortcuts. This extension comes to bring some similarity with mobile devices, whose share button is already integrated into the system.
WAIncognito
With WAIncognito, you can hide online status, not allowing other users to see your last login or that you have already read incoming messages. And that with the reverse working in your favor, that is, being able to see the status and the reading receipt of your contacts even when in this mode.
When activating the button, an extender symbol will appear above the left sidebar. In it, it is possible to disable the read receipt — including the option to choose the time to make it visible later — and also the last entry update in the application.
WAToolkit
Often, when using the Web WhatsApp, we ended up closing the application tab and lost notifications regarding new message receipts. As WAToolkit, this ends, as the service embeds itself in the computer and adds a new “background application”, in which alerts about new messages are generated, even with the browser tab with WhatsApp Web closed.
WA Web Plus for WhatsApp
One of the most complete extensions, the WA Web Plus for WhatsApp allows the user perform a series of more than 20 modifications, how not to reveal the professional status typing or last viewed, blur images on whatsapp, restore deleted messages, like or generate reactions on messages, among other news.
The resource also offers, in other tabs, Business Tools, such as generating links to cats and scheduled messages, as well as exporting lists and contacts, both through subscriptions, in addition to having a WhatsApp usage statistics screen.
WhatsApp Web Dark Mode
With the extension WhatsApp Web Dark Mode, you can leave your chat area in night mode. Ideal for when you are tired of the lighting offered by traditional mode and compatible with the settings allowed on mobile phones.
Zapp: WhatsApp Audio Speed and Volume
The feature of speeding up audios in WhatsApp is one of its most practical functions, especially when we receive many or long audios and we don't want to spend a lot of time listening to them. In the web version, the extension Zapp: WhatsApp Audio Speed and Volume allow that new speeds are embedded, such as 1.25x and up to 0.5x, making the audio slower. There is also a volume button available by the feature. Worth the test!
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