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You can also add a picture of yourself if you want to.  \n2  \nTo start a message conversation, tap on the‘Chats’ icon.  \nThen tap on the ‘New Chat’icon, then you can scroll down your contacts and choose who you want to send a message to.  \nA new conversation will open and you can type yourmessage in the box.  \nTap the blue arrow to send.  \nTo get back to the ‘Chats’tab, tap the blue arrow.  \nTo start a group message, tap the ‘New Chat’ icon again, then select ‘New Group’.  \n3  \nTo call someone up, tap the‘Calls’ icon.  \nThen tap on the person’s name from the list that comes up.  \nIf you’ve not called someone from WhatsApp before, you’ll need to tap the ‘New Call’ icon and choose the person’s name from your list of contacts.  \nIf you want to call a group of people at the same time, tap the ‘New Call’ icon, then choose ‘New Group  \nCall’.  \nThen you can choose who you want to be in the call by tapping their name (they will get a blue tick by their name).  \n4  \nWhen you’ve finished choosing who you want in the call, you can decide to video call them or just have a phone call using voices.  \nChoose the video icon for a video call.  \nChoose the phone icon if you want to have a voice only call.  \nOnly share your phone number with people you know and trust.  \nFor more info on staying safe online, read this easy read:  \n[https://tinyurl.com/Stay-Safe](https://tinyurl.com/Stay-Safe)[ ](https://tinyurl.com/Stay-Safe)For more help using WhatsApp you can visit their help website:  \n[https://faq.whatsapp.com/](https://faq.whatsapp.com/)  \n5","cbCaipXXF4NcBuXU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipXXF4NcBuXU","pdf",4534011,"English","# Getting WhatsApp set up\n## Download and sign up\n## Add account details\n# Messaging on WhatsApp\n## Start a new chat\n## Start a group message\n# Calling on WhatsApp\n## Make a call\n## Make a group call\n## Choose video or voice","[{\"question\":\"How do you download and set up WhatsApp on your smartphone?\",\"answer\":\"Download WhatsApp from the app store. 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