Discover 7 new WhatsApp iOS 18 features designed to make your life easier. These updates improve functionality and enhance your messaging experience.

These features are available thanks to the new changes brought by iOS 18 and are perfect to implement on your iPhone.

Apple has just released iOS 18, a new version of the operating system for the iPhone. And as usual, the different applications are taking the opportunity to update themselves with new features. WhatsApp is one of them. The messaging platform has been updated over the last few weeks with different features that are going to make life a little easier.

The key is that WhatsApp is taking advantage of some of the many new features of iOS 18 to improve its messaging service. Many of them allow you to have quick access to chats or improve the experience when making calls and video calls. There are even small security and privacy features thanks to features like the ability to hide apps on iOS.

In hypertextual, we have compiled the seven most interesting. All of them are very easy to activate; you just have to follow a series of steps.

Hide and protect the WhatsApp app with Face ID

Thanks to a new iOS 18 feature, it is possible to hide and block the WhatsApp app. This won't show up on the home screen, but instead will be displayed in a hidden folder that is hosted in the app library. In addition, when activating the lock, it will be necessary to enter the Face ID (or Touch ID) or the iPhone unlock code to access it.

To block WhatsApp in iOS 18 and access it through Face ID, just go to the home screen, search for the app, and press and hold on it for a few seconds. You will see a menu appear with different options: click on 'Require Face ID'.

If you want to hide it, in the pop-up window, tap on 'Hide and require Face ID'. Finally, accept the permissions.

Access WhatsApp from the lock screen

If you want to have a shortcut to WhatsApp, you can include the app on the lock screen. In this way, when you press, it will only ask you for your Face ID to access it directly. To do this, follow these steps.

* On the lock screen, tap and hold on the background and tap on 'Customize'.
* Then, tap on 'Lock screen' and remove one of the icons that appears at the bottom.
* Then, click on the '+' button that appears on the screen and look for the 'Shortcuts' section.
* Finally, click on 'Open app' and, in the menu, select WhatsApp as the application.

Or from the control center

If you prefer, you can also activate a WhatsApp shortcut in the control center. The steps are very similar to those of including WhatsApp on the iOS 18 lock screen.

* Go to Control Center and tap and hold on the background.
* Then click 'Add a control'.
* When the control library opens, find the 'Shortcuts' section and click 'Open app'.
* Finally, select WhatsApp and drag the item where you want.

Improve call quality

With WhatsApp and iOS 18, you can also improve the quality of calls and video calls by following these steps.

* When you're in a call or video call, tap Control Center.
* Then, click on t...