How to put an automatic response on WhatsApp

As each version has a different procedure will explain both methods separately, starting with WhatsApp Business.

How to put an automatic response on WhatsApp Business

The steps you must follow to put an automatic response on WhatsApp Business are easy. This version allows you to program an hour to be sent, choose the contacts you want to receive it, and more. Without further ado, this is what you should do to put an automatic response on WhatsApp Business:

• Open WhatsApp Business and enter the option Tools, which is already below the right of the main screen of the application.
• Now, seek and press the option called Absence messages.
• Activate the called option Send a message of absence.
• What follows is Write the message you want to be sent automatically in the text field that is under “send message of absence,” and press “OK” to save it.

Nextmarkrk the box that says “Schedule” to establish the period in which you want that answer to be sent. When you do, the following options will appear, and you just have to choose, activate and configure what you need according to your case:

• Always send, so that this answer is constantly sent.
• Personalised schedule: To choose the period in which you want it to be sent. If you choose this option (as we did in the images), you can configure a start date and time as well as another to finish the shipment.
• Outside business hours: As his name suggests, this option is for the answer to be sent outside the commercial schedule, but you can only use it if you set up a commercial schedule in your WhatsApp Business account.

When you set the schedule, you want You must go to the option called recipients. In doing so, four configuration options will appear for you to choose the people you want the answer to be sent andthey  are the following:

• All: So that the message you created is sent to all your contacts within the period you have already established.
• Those who are not in the contact notebook: This option is to send the answer to all the people you have talked to, but whose contact you have not saved on your mobile.
• All except to: To configure that the answer reaches everyone but one or more people in your contact agenda. If you choose this option, your contact list will appear and you must choose the contacts that you do not want to receive it.
• Send only to: In case you want to send it to certain people. As with the option that we mentioned above, you must choose contacts with the difference that these chosen contacts are those who will receive the message.

What you need to do is press the “Save” option right side so that the answer is saved and sent at the time you have already chosen the people you want to arrive. In addition, if you have doubts, you can check the WhatsApp help section.

Is there a way to send an automatic response in personal WhatsApp?

As for personal WhatsApp, you should know that this function is not available natively; the only way to use it is through third-party applications. Although these types of applications abound in various stores and repositories, we do not recommend their use.

Some of these apps could be insecure or not work properly, since they are not developed with a specific goal. However, if you want to try one, then we leave you a link to download Watomatic – Auto Reply for WhatsApp from F-Droid (An open-source app, 100% safe).

Link | Watomatic – Auto Reply for Whatsapp

Finally, we invite you to learn everything about the New privacy layer that WhatsApp chats have. In addition, we also invite you to review this article, where we tell you how to translate any message on WhatsApp.

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