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Share your About status in WhatsApp
WhatsApp has relaunched its often-overlooked About feature to let you share your current mood or activities with your contacts. This is less elaborate than and separate from the ‘Add status’ feature on the Updates tab, which has options for sharing photos, videos and music.
You traditionally see About information when browsing your list of contacts. However, unless a person has updated their status, this will just say ‘Hey there! I am using WhatsApp’.
With the improved feature, your About status appears below your name at the top of one-to-one chats, and as a thought bubble on your profile picture. WhatsApp says this makes it “more visible, timely and easier to use” (www.snipca.com/57289).
To set your About status, open WhatsApp’s Settings, tap your profile picture and choose About. Enter a short update of up to 50 characters ( 1 in our screenshot left), optionally accompanied by an emoji, or choose a suggestion such as ‘Free to chat’.