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How to create and share status updates
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You can use WhatsApp Status to share photos and videos that disappear after 24 hours.
You can choose who can see your status by adding them to your status audience or mentioning a specific person or group. Learn more about status mentions or status privacy.
- Tap Updates > .
- Type a text status.
- Tap to change the font and text color.
- Tap to change the background color.
- Tap to add music. Learn more about adding music to status updates.
- Tap Status (Contacts) to customize your audience.
- Tap
- Tap to share your status.
Note: You can’t mention people or groups in a text or voice status for now.
- Tap Updates > .
- Tap and hold to record a voice status.
- Tap to change the background color.
- Tap Status (Contacts) to customize your audience.
- Tap
- Tap to share your status.
- Tap Updates > Add status.
- Select a photo or tap Camera to take a photo.
- Tap Add a caption… to caption your photo.
- Tap to add text. You can change the color, font, size, layout, and add a background.
- Tap to add stickers or emojis.
- Tap to draw. You can adjust the color and line size.
- Tap to add music. Learn more about adding music to status updates.
- Tap @ to add up to 5 private mentions to your status. This notifies people or groups about your status, and they can reshare the content of your status to their audience.
- Tap to crop and rotate.
- Tap Status (Contacts) in the bottom left to customize your audience.
- Tap to share your status.
Note:
- HD media isn’t supported for status updates.
- The quality of media, such as images, GIFs, videos, and pictures uploaded into WhatsApp Status may be lower than the original version.
- Upload high quality images to status to prevent low quality photos.
You can combine multiple photos to make a layout status update.
- Tap Updates > My status > Layout.
- Choose 2-6 photos and tap .
- Tap the layout icons to try different layouts for your photos.
- To replace photos, tap the photo and choose a new one.
- If there are not enough photos to make a layout, you will be prompted to add more. Tap Add photo.
- Tap Done.
- You can edit like a normal photo status by adding captions, stickers, and music.
- Tap .
- Tap Updates > Add status.
- Select a video or tap Camera > Video to record a video.
- Tap Add a caption… to caption your video.
- Tap to add text. You can change the color, font, size, layout, and add a background.
- Tap to add stickers or emojis.
- Tap to draw on your video. You can adjust the color and line size.
- Tap to add music. Learn more about adding music to status updates.
- Drag the slider at the top to trim the video.
- Tap GIF to turn your video into a GIF.
- Tap Status (Contacts) on the bottom left to customize your audience.
- Tap @ to add up to 5 private mentions to your status. This notifies people or groups about your status, and they can reshare the content of your status to their audience.
- Tap to share your status.
Note:
- WhatsApp supports 3GP and MPEG-4 video formats.
- Videos can be up to 60 seconds long.
See status views and likes
- Tap Updates > My status.
- Tap the status > .
Contacts who like your status will be marked with a green heart.
Learn more about status views and likes.