WhatsApp tips, tricks: Here's how to edit photos and videos on your smartphone - ALL details here

WhatsApp tips: The Facebook-owned WhatsApp, the most widely used instant messaging application, allows users to send text messages and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content. 

The messaging platform allows you to personalize your photos and videos by adding emoji, text, or freehanded drawings.

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To edit photos and videos - Open WhatsApp and tap Camera in the text field. Take a new photo or video or choose an existing photo or video from the picker. Choose what you want to add to the photo or video. 

Add stickers or emojis. Tap Sticker > Sticker or Emoji. Tap the item that you’d like to use. To move the item, tap and hold it, then drag it. To resize the item, pinch in or out to make it smaller or larger. To rotate the item, pinch and turn it.

Add text - Tap Text in the top of the screen. Type the desired text in the text field. To select a color, slide your finger up and down the color selector. To select a font type, tap Text repeatedly. Tap the screen to confirm a font type. To resize the text, pinch in or out to make it smaller or larger. To rotate the text, pinch and turn the text.

To Draw - Tap Draw in the top of the screen. Use your finger to create freehand drawings. To select a color, slide your finger up and down the color selector. You can select the color for each line that you draw.  Apply filters- Swipe up on the photo or video. Select a filter. Mute video -Tap Mute to mute audio in your video.

Meanwhile, WhatsApp is reportedly testing a technology to independently encrypt chat backups in the Cloud, which has been enabled in its most recent Android beta update.

"After releasing the multi-device beta programme for more beta testers, WhatsApp is finally enabling another important feature -- the possibility to encrypt your backups," Webetainfo reported.

"What does it mean? Encrypting your backups protects your chat history and media from unauthorised access," it added. The report also explained how encryption works.

"You need to choose a password that will be used to encrypt your future backups. It's always needed to insert the password when you restore a backup, otherwise you won't be able to restore your chat history," the report said.