How to create and share status updates

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We’re building and testing out new features, like Status Mentions, and they may not be available to you yet. In the meantime, we recommend keeping WhatsApp updated on your device so you can get the feature as soon as it's available.
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 them.
Learn more about status mentions or status privacy.

Share text and voice status updates

  1. Click
    status
    > My Status > Text.
  2. Type your status update.
    • Click
      text
      to change the font.
    • Click
      color
      to change the background color.
    • Click
      emoji
      to add an emoji.
    • Click Status (Contacts) to customize your audience.
  3. Click
    share
    to share your status.

Share photo status updates

  1. Click
    status
    > My Status > Photos & videos.
  2. Select a photo from your device.
    • Click Add a caption to caption your photo.
    • Click
      text
      to add text. You can adjust color, font, size, layout, and add a background.
    • Click
      emoji
      to add an emoji.
    • Click
      sticker
      to add a sticker.
    • Click
      draw
      to draw. You can adjust the color and line size.
    • Click
      blur
      to blur.
    • Click
      crop and rotate
      to crop or rotate.
    • Click Status (Contacts) to customize your audience.
  3. Click
    share
    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.

Share video status updates

  1. Click
    status
    > My Status > Photos & videos.
  2. Select a video from your device.
    • Click Add a caption to caption your video.
    • Click
      emoji
      to add an emoji to your caption.
    • Click Status (Contacts) to customize your audience.
  3. Click
    share
    to share your status.
Note: WhatsApp supports 3GP and MPEG-4 video formats.

See status likes and views

  1. Click
    status
    > My status.
  2. While the status is displayed, tap
    views
    .
People who like your status will be marked with a green heart.
Learn more about status views and likes.

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