WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps globally, offering a simple interface for communication. Communicating with your spouse, friend, or family member in a different region, town or country has become very easy.
You can have endless Communication with a smart device which has internet access. WhatsApp has made life easier by bringing people together through its platform and has developed features which make the use of the app very interesting.
WhatsApp which was started by Brain Acton and Jan Kou as an instant messaging app has been taken over by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. It has been adding social features to the platform such as photo set to view once, chat lock, edit message, voice status, HD picture and video, silence unknown callers and many other interesting features.
Now, the Mark Zuckerberg-led platform has introduced a new feature to the messaging app. The like button mostly found on Instagram and X formerly known as Twitter is now available on WhatsApp.
This new feature allows you to react to a status without sending any emotion. The feature is now available to users. While some countries may have it other countries are yet to receive this feature. You can compliment someone with the Like Button without having to send an emoji or a message.
The moment someone responds to your status update, you’ll know about it. You will get a notification indicating that someone has liked your status. Everyone who has liked your status, including those who have viewed it, will be visible to you.
How To Access The Like Button Feature?
With the addition of this new function, the messaging platform’s users can now enjoy an engaging app. How to access to the “like” button is shown below:
- You first need to open the messaging app either on your Android or iPhone
- Click on the Updates section
- If you have updated your status, you will see it and that of your saved contacts
- Tap on your status
- You will see views of people who have watched your status and as well see those that have liked your status if any
The platform’s end-to-end encryption mechanism safeguards the WhatsApp Like Button. This clarifies that the users who updated their status are the only ones who can see who liked it. Additionally, it keeps the response confidential.
Users are able to control how they receive notification when their statuses are liked. If you are not comfortable receiving notification anytime someone likes your status, you can turn off the notification in settings. Some people have huge following and such notifications may interrupt their activities on the platform. The piece will elaborate more on how you will be able to turn off the Like Button in settings if you feel it is unnecessary to receive such notifications.
How To Turn Off WhatsApp Like Button?
You can turn off the like button if you do not like to receive notifications when someone likes your status. The steps are below:
- Open the WhatsApp Messenger
- Click on the three(3) dots on the top right corner if you are using an android device. Click on your seetings if you are using iPhone
- A list of options will pop up. Click on settings.
- Click on notifications
- Scroll down to Rection Notifications where you can decide whether to turn off the like button or leave it
