31 ms·
I meet someone. I want to send them a WhatsApp message. I should be able to type their number into the “To” field, type the message, and press “Send”. Instead,
by bluedevil2k 5y ago
I meet someone. I want to send them a WhatsApp message. I should be able to type their number into the “To” field, type the message, and press “Send”. Instead, WhatsApp makes me create a new contact in my phone, going through the 4-5 button presses to do that. Then I can start a chat with this new contact. Massively inconvenient.
- ffpip 5y agoYou can send a message without saving their contact, as long as you have their number. https://wa.me/their-number-with-the-country-code https://wa.me/their-number-with-the-country-code Paste this link(after putting their number) in a chat with yourself (https://wa.me/your-number-with-the-country-code https://wa.me/your-number-with-the-country-code) and just click the link.
- SecurityLagoon 5y agoThat is a way but its obviously not encouraged or it'd be a built in feature. Sending yourself a message with a custom URL isn't exactly amazing UX.
- ffpip 5y ago> or it'd be a built in feature It is a built in feature. People can generate wa.me URLs for their account in settings. That is a domain owned by WhatsApp. It's not some unofficial service.
- SecurityLagoon 5y agoI mean in the sense you can just enter a phone number and hit "Start Chat". The URL feature is so you can embed it in your social profiles or whatever and people can message you from there. It's just really hacky to use it as a method of initiating a chat if it's not already a link you can just click on.