WhatsApp trick reveals who your real BFF is – and you’ll probably be shocked
TRUE WhatsApp addicts will send tens of thousands of texts – but who is your app BFF?
A lesser-known WhatsApp feature lets you examine the scale of your chat habits.
You can find out how much storage space each chat is taking up.
It will even highlight all of the images, and show which files are taking up the most space.
You'll find that your most talked-to contacts are at the very top of the list.
Although be aware that some of your groups may dominate if they're particularly active.
But if you have a person even higher than your busiest groups, they're probably your biggest WhatsApp BFF.
Beware: you might find that you've send thousands – or even tens of thousands – of texts, pics and videos to someone, exposing your WhatsApp addiction.
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How to check WhatsApp storage tracker
First, open the WhatsApp app and click on the Settings tab.
Next, open the Storage and Data panel, then click Manage Storage.
Here you'll be presented with a big list of your chats, ordered in terms of storage space taken up.
The people are the top of the list will be sucking up the most storage, and can take up significant amounts if you trade lots of pictures or videos.
If that doesn't float your boat, check out this great WhatsApp trick that lets you read messages without letting the sender know.
There's also a cheeky hack to read deleted WhatsApp messages.
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