Two years back, notifications were a huge problem both in Android and iOS. It was way too cluttered and unmanageable for the end-user. With the release of Android Oreo, Google brought Notification channels which streamlined notifications through native APIs. Following Google’s footstep, Apple also brought grouped notifications with iOS 12. In all of this, messaging apps like WhatsApp got a slew of new features including granular control over notifications. Now users can customize WhatsApp notifications based on individual contacts with custom time and notification tone. In this article, we will go through all the options and learn how to customize WhatsApp notification on Android and iOS devices.
In this article, we are going to see how you can customize WhatsApp notifications using both in-app settings and individual notification settings that come with Android and iOS operating systems. Feel free to jump to the section that you want to read.
Open the Settings app and tap on Apps and Notifications. Here, look for WhatsApp and open it.
To customize notifications for individual contacts, launch WhatsApp and open the contact chat you want to customize. If you want to block notifications then just tap on “Mute notifications” and select the time period and tap on Ok.
To set custom notification for a contact, tap on “Custom notifications” and enable “Use custom notifications”. Here, you can choose notification tone, vibration mode, message pop-up and everything for that particular contact. You can personalize the call notifications as well.
Open Settings and then tap on Notifications. Scroll down and tap on WhatsApp.
Here, choose the Alert styles as to how you will be notified about upcoming messages. You can also choose whether to show the messages in lock screen or not. Further, you can disable the banner which prompts on your screen when a new message arrives.
These are some neat ways you can personalize your WhatsApp notifications and save time from checking unnecessary messages. In India, WhatsApp is used by almost everyone so there is a deluge of information being forwarded from one contact to another. You can mute the notification for contacts which constantly send you unsolicited messages or customize notification for contacts which are important to you. All in all, you should definitely make changes to your notification settings so that you remain undisturbed.
