WhatsApp Channels vs Status — and why saving works differently
They look similar and behave nothing alike. One expires in 24 hours on your phone; the other doesn't work that way at all.
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Moving your saved statuses to a new phone
Saved statuses are ordinary files, which makes this simpler than people expect — and unrelated to your WhatsApp backup.
Viewing a status without appearing in the viewer list
Turning off read receipts works, and it costs you something in return. The honest trade.
How much mobile data does watching statuses actually use?
Statuses download in full when you view them. The numbers add up faster than most people expect.
Status video plays with no sound — the usual causes
Five reasons, and the first one accounts for most of them. Worth checking in this order.
Posting a video longer than 30 seconds as a status
WhatsApp caps status video length. Two ways around it, and why one produces a much better result.
WhatsApp's HD setting and what it does for statuses
HD changed how photos are sent. Whether it applies to statuses, and what that means for anything you save.
Dual WhatsApp, cloned apps, and where their statuses go
Second-space and app-cloning features put statuses somewhere a status saver often cannot reach. Why, and what to do.
Turning a status video into a GIF
Worth doing for short loops, and a bad idea for anything longer. The size maths explains why.
A status vanished before 24 hours were up
Four reasons, none of which are a bug in your phone. The first is the most common by a distance.
The status viewer list: what it shows and what it doesn't
Who appears, in what order, why someone is missing — and why the order is not what people think.
Getting the full resolution of a status photo
Saving already gives you the maximum available. Here is what that maximum is, and why a screenshot is usually smaller.