Sneaky WhatsApp trick lets you read messages without friends knowing

IT’S easy to feel a bit bombarded by WhatsApp messages.

Sometimes you may want to dip in and read one text while not alerting others that you’re online.

TikTok/@ojtechhd

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You can do things like turning read receipts off and even stop showing your last seen.

But if you’d rather leave those on and still get a sneaky peak of messages you’ve received, there is another way.

TikToker @ojtechhd has revealed how easy it is to do.

But you’ll need an Android phone to be able to pull it off.

And it’s all to do with widgets.

For most Android devices, you just need to hold down on your home screen and select widgets.

You can then search for WhatsApp.

This will then add a WhatsApp widget to your home screen.

It’s a small box you can scroll through to see a preview of messages.

And all without opening the main WhatsApp app and making your presence officially known.

So next time, why not give it a go.

While iPhone users don’t have a widget like this yet it may do at some point in the future.

Apple has not long allowed widgets on their smartphone for the first time.

It came as part of the huge iOS 16 update.

For now, you can just slide down for notifications.

It’s not as clear or useful, but is a good workaround until a widget comes along.

There’s another trick you can try too.

If you switch on flight mode, you can go into the app and read the messages without being detected.

Just be sure to leave the app before turning data on again.

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