Edit Popup Notifications for Messages on WhatsApp for HTC One M8

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Steps

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    To begin, turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on top of the phone
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    Once the phone has been activated we will see the lock screen.
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    To unlock the phone, swipe the screen up
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    Once the phone has been unlocked we will see the home screen, and at the bottom we will see 5 icons. We now need to open the application folder.
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    We can do that by tapping the icon in the middle, at the bottom of the screen
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    There is a grid of white dots. This is the icon for the applications folder.
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    Now that the folder has been opened, we need to find and tap the WhatsApp application
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    There is a WhatsApp icon, which is a green speech bubble with a white telephone inside, and underneath it says "WhatsApp". Your application may be in a different location, so look for the icon in your folder.
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    We now need to tap the menu icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen
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    There are three small white dots in a vertical line.
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    Tap "Settings"
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    Tap "Notifications"
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    Tap on "Popup notification" in the "Message notifications" section
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    In this case it says, "No popup", indicating that this is the option currently selected. Here we will have four different options: "No popup" which is currently selected, "Only when screen 'on'", "Only when screen 'off'", and "Always show popup". Popup notifications can be very useful to tell us what's happening. If we want to see these, we can.
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    Press down on the wanted option
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    We're going to tap on "Always show popup". Now it will say "Always show popup" underneath "Popup notification".
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    To change the option again, press down on it again and make a choice
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    This concludes the tutorial on how to edit popup notifications for messages in WhatsApp on an HTC One M8
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    If you have any questions, comments or queries about this video, or about the process that you have seen in this video, then please leave them in the comment section below, and we will answer them for you. Thank you for watching VisiHow.
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Video: Edit Popup Notifications for Messages on WhatsApp for HTC One M8

Questions and Answers

I get pop-up WhatsApp messages only while watching a movie or listening to music?

I get pop-up WhatsApp messages only while watching a movie or listening to music

If you are experience this problem and you have followed the steps in the video tutorial above, then press the home button. Tap on "Apps" > "Settings" > "Sound & notification" > "Interruptions". Tap on "When calls and notifications arrive" and change it to "Don't interrupt". Alternatively, set it to "Priority notifications" and disable or enable the options below. For example, you can enable "Calls" and disable all of the rest, which will allow you to receive calls while watching a film or listening to music.

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Recent edits by: Eng, Crystal, Thor

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