Android users have many useful options when it comes to taking notes and saving links to visit later. You chose the best note-taking apps or you can rely on something you use every day like Telegram or Slack – these messaging services allow you to save messages for later and send messages to yourself respectively. WhatsApp seems to be interested in catching up a bit and is now testing its improvements to self-messaging.
It might sound a bit silly to text yourself if you’re not used to it, but there are those who use it – instead of installing a dedicated app like Pocket to manage revisit web links or an app like Google Tasks to keep shopping lists, some of us all use WhatsApp as a more useful all-in-one solution. we can find. You can even use chats with yourself to transfer small files between devices, as multi-device support is already in place.
With the new 2.22.24.2 beta version of the Android app, WABetaInfo points out that certain WhatsApp beta testers have gained access to try out the “Message yourself” feature. As the name suggests, WhatsApp adds a chat option that is somewhat confusingly labeled as “I (You)”.
When you tap the floating action button (FAB) in the lower right corner of the screen, it will prompt you to send a message to a new contact, a new group, or a new Community. Below these options, you’ll see a list of all your contacts who also use WhatsApp. The new option to message yourself may be at the top of your contact list, albeit in a future update.
Make no mistake, it is already possible to send a message to yourself using the Click to Forward link on WhatsApp or using a WhatsApp group of which you are the only member. However, these methods fall right into the realm of workarounds rather than real, intentional features, and it would be nice to see an option directly in the FAB menu. Until then, we recommend pinning this chat with yourself to your chat list so it’s easy to access the share sheet from other apps without using the Click to Message link every time.