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How to add a contact

You can add contacts through WhatsApp or your phone’s address book.

Add a contact through WhatsApp

  1. Press New chat > Options > Add new contact.
    • On JioPhone or JioPhone 2, you'll need to select if you want to save the contact to Phone memory or SIM memory.
  2. Enter the contact's name and phone number > press SAVE.
  3. The contact should automatically populate in your contact list. If the contact doesn't appear, press New chat > Options > Reload contacts.

Add a contact through your phone’s address book

  1. Press Contacts on the apps menu.
  2. Press New contact or New.
    • On JioPhone or JioPhone 2, you'll need to select if you want to save the contact to Phone memory or SIM memory.
  3. Enter the contact's name and phone number > press SAVE.
  4. The contact should automatically populate in your WhatsApp contact list. If the contact doesn't appear, open WhatsApp, then press New chat > Options > Reload contacts.

Note: You can delete a contact from your phone's address book, but you can't delete a contact from WhatsApp.

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