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As far as I can tell, on Android, whatsapp requires adding a person to your contacts before you can message them at all. I find this very annoying when I'm goin
by eythian 5y ago
As far as I can tell, on Android, whatsapp requires adding a person to your contacts before you can message them at all. I find this very annoying when I'm going to be messaging someone for a brief period only. If there's a way to not do this, I'd like to know it.
- ffpip 5y agoYou can message a person without adding them to your contacts, if you know their phone number. https://wa.me/their-phone-number-in-international-format https://wa.me/their-phone-number-in-international-format . Type this link in the browser or in some chat. Long press, click open and it will open in whatsapp by default. You can start a chat with yourself in whatsapp, to send these links to yourself and easily click on them. (type wa.me/your-phone-number-in-international-format , click and send any message )
- eythian 5y agoThanks, I'll remember that. It's an awkward workaround compared to pasting their number from an email into the app, but it'll have to do I guess. Here it's pretty common for people to, for example, put a notice up in my apartment foyer "does anyone have xyz that I can borrow, please app me at +123456789" and having to create a contact is an annoying bit of overhead.