WhatsApp's latest feature - send messages to yourself

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“Message Yourself,” feature lets users send notes, reminders and shopping lists to themselves on WhatsApp.

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Users will see their contact at the top of the contacts list on WhatsApp when they create a new chat.

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Tapping that contact will take them to the chat screen they can use to send messages to themselves.

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You could already send messages to yourself using the app’s “click to chat” feature.

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Users can also pin their self-chat messages to the top of the conversation list.

Users need to search and select the contact entry “Note to Self” to use the feature.

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