February 22, 2024
Meta on Wednesday announced that it has added a new text formatting update to WhatsApp that comes with exciting new features to enhance your messaging experience.
The update offers four new text formatting options, which can help you organise and beautify your messages.
The latest formatting options include bulleted lists, numbered lists, block quotes, and inline code, in addition to the existing options of bold, italics, and monospace.
The best part is that these new options are available on multiple devices, including iOS, Android, Mac, and the web. This means that you can take advantage of these features regardless of the platform you are using.
Here’s how to use WhatsApp’s new text formatting options:
Type the – symbol, followed by a space.
Type 1 or 2 digits followed by a period and one space.
Type the > symbol followed by a space
Wrap text with ` symbol
And if you had no idea about the text formatting options in WhatsApp, these are the shortcuts to use the original ones:
Wrap text with * symbol
Wrap text with _ symbol
Wrap text with ~ symbol
Wrap text with ` ` ` symbol
So, go ahead and make use of these new text formatting options to make your messages more visually appealing and organised. Happy messaging!