{"id":279317,"date":"2018-10-11T07:14:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T05:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=279317"},"modified":"2018-10-11T07:19:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T05:19:58","slug":"how-to-save-data-in-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/279317-how-to-save-data-in-whatsapp.html","title":{"rendered":"How to save data in WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile data is expensive in South Africa, and it can deplete much faster than you think.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp can be a major source of mobile data depletion, especially if you have not configured it to conserve data when not connected to Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<p>If you regularly have access to a Wi-Fi connection, it can be easy to drastically reduce your mobile data usage within WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>However, when you go without Wi-Fi you may need to disable some features to make your mobile data last longer.<\/p>\n<p>We have outlined tips for conserving data when using WhatsApp below.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">In-app settings<\/h3>\n<p>There are three important settings in WhatsApp which can drastically affect the data usage of the application.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The easiest way to reduce WhatsApp&#8217;s data consumption during calls is to enable the Low Data Usage option under the Settings &gt; Data and storage usage menu. This lowers the data consumption used during WhatsApp calls and saves you a fair amount of mobile data if you often use the app for voice communication.<\/li>\n<li>The Data and storage usage menu also includes the ability to turn off media auto-download when not connected to Wi-Fi. Enable this, as it is effective at conserving data.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, ensure that your cloud backup settings are configured to back up your WhatsApp chats over Wi-Fi only, as this can use a large portion of your mobile data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Monitor data usage<\/h3>\n<p>If you are unsure of how much data WhatsApp is using on your device, you can check this from your smartphone&#8217;s operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Android and iOS both feature data usage monitors that outline which applications on your device use the most data over a set period.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For Android devices, navigate to Setting &gt; Connections &gt; Data usage &gt; Mobile data usage to view monthly data usage per application.<\/li>\n<li>iPhone owners can navigate to Settings &gt; Cellular to view how much data each of their apps used over the current billing period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From this menu, users can also choose to disable mobile data usage for individual applications.<\/p>\n<p>If this menu shows your WhatsApp app is consuming a lot of data, you may need to enable some of the data saving options mentioned above.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Beware of groups<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, one of the biggest data hogs in WhatsApp is the number of people sending media through.<\/p>\n<p>Joining large groups where users regularly share photos, memes, videos, or other media can very quickly eat through your mobile data if your auto-download options are not disabled.<\/p>\n<p>This is important to keep in mind, as you may not have thought to limit media downloads before you joined a large group.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, you may want to turn off push notifications for large WhatsApp groups if they are frequently active.<\/p>\n<p>Constant notifications causes your daily screen-on time to increase and can have a notable effect on battery life as well as data usage.<\/p>\n<p>Social media data bundles from mobile operators which offer discounted or free WhatsApp data are also an option to save on WhatsApp data.<\/p>\n<p>This includes the likes of Telkom FreeMe, and WhatsApp data bundles from Vodacom, Cell C, and MTN.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/278715-telkom-freeme-bundles-vs-vodacom-and-mtn-mobile-data-prices-and-free-whatsapp.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Telkom FreeMe bundles vs Vodacom and MTN mobile data \u2013 Prices and free WhatsApp<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp can be a major source of mobile data depletion, especially if you have not configured it to conserve data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":168223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[54477,54479,35,2594],"class_list":["post-279317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","category-software","tag-data-usage-wi-fi","tag-group-chats","tag-headline","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279455,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279317\/revisions\/279455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}