▲LINE has many practical functions. (Schematic diagram/photo by reporter Kuang Yuting)
Reporter Zeng Yunqi/Comprehensive Report
Many people use LINE to communicate emotionally and do business. “ETtoday News Cloud” has compiled 5 practical tips and 5 functions that will be launched in 2023 to make the operation smoother and more convenient for readers.
1. New features in 2023｜Browse all photo albums at once
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After clicking on LINE, you can see that there is a small “Album” icon in the upper right corner of the “Chat” column. Users only need to click on it to display the photo albums of “All Chat Rooms” at once, including hidden or deleted ones. Photo album of the chat room.
In “All Albums”, users can choose to browse the album or browse the photos directly. In addition, they can also set the sorting method of “Recently Uploaded” or “Recently Created” according to their own needs.
However, because the group album will be displayed on all members’ pages simultaneously, as long as a member deletes the album, others will not be able to see the album. In the past, netizens accidentally deleted all the precious memories of others, so you must pay special attention when using this function.
▲LINE can browse all photo albums in one place. (Picture/Photo taken by reporter Liao Jieyu)
2. New features in 2023｜There is still draft information
Some people send messages but forget to send them in the middle of typing, and then there is no reply. LINE launched a useful feature last year. When a user has a message in a chat room that has not yet been sent, a “little pencil” icon will be displayed in the list to remind the user that the message has not been sent. This feature supports personal chat rooms, groups, official messages, and communities.
▲If there is a message that has not been sent, there will be a small pencil icon in the list. (Picture/photo taken by reporter Zeng Yunqi)
3. New features in 2023｜Theme carousel
Many people buy many themes, but after getting used to them, they always forget to change them. LINE quietly launched a powerful feature last year that allows topics to be automatically rotated.
►Open settings
►Theme
► Topics at a glance
►Check your favorite topics
►Select frequency (every 12 hours, daily, every 3 days, weekly)
After completing the settings, the topics will be automatically rotated according to the frequency selected by the user, so there is no need to worry about some topics being “relegated to the sidelines”.
▲Theme carousel function. (Picture/photo taken by reporter Liu Weizhen)
4. New functions in 2023｜Upgrade the recovery function
LINE’s message recall function is very practical. Even if the message is sent to the wrong person or contains typos, it can be recalled within 24 hours. Last year, LINE upgraded this feature. In the past, only text messages, voice messages, location information, contact information, stickers, photos or files could be retrieved within 24 hours. Notification messages for uploading photos in the album and posting in the notepad will still exist, even if you are worried The other party’s misunderstanding cannot be dealt with.
Now notification messages from photo albums and notepads can be retrieved! However, it should be noted that this function is to recall the “notification” message, and the uploaded photos and notepad contents will not be deleted simultaneously. If you want to remove them, you still need to click on the page and press delete.
▲The recovery function is upgraded again. (Picture/reproduced from LINE Taiwan official blog)
5. New features in 2023｜White tick
When sending photos and videos through LINE, you can only click on 50 files at a time. If you send them in batches, but the photos are somewhat similar, they may be sent repeatedly. However, after updating LINE to the latest version, as long as the photos or videos have been sent in “this chat room”, a “white” check mark will appear in the upper left corner of the file.
If you really want to send the photo again, it doesn’t matter. You can still send it by clicking on it. In addition, whether you retract or delete the message, the white check mark will still exist.
▲The uploaded photos will show a white check mark. (Picture/photo taken by reporter Zeng Yunqi)
6. Practical tips｜Turn off voice calls
If you don’t want to be disturbed by LINE calls, you can follow the steps below to set it up:
►Enter “Settings”
►Click “General” and find “Calls”
►Turn off “Enable voice call function”
After turning off this function, you will not be able to answer calls or receive missed call messages. The reporter actually tested this function and found that after it is turned off, if someone makes a LINE call, the chat room window will display “XXX (friend’s name) is calling. However, the “Enable voice call function” is currently turned off, so it cannot be answered.”
As for the party making a LINE call, the screen will be the same as when making a call. After hanging up, only “Cancel” will be displayed, and the other party will not know that the voice call function has been turned off.
▲▼The caller will not know that the other party has turned off the voice call function. (Picture/photo taken by reporter Zeng Yunqi)
7. Practical Tips | Silent Messages
If you are worried that replying to a message will disturb your friends, you can follow the steps below to set it up:
►Enter “Settings”
►Click “LINE Labs”
►Turn on the “Silent Message” function
When sending a message, please follow these steps:
►Long press the “Send key”
►Click “Silent Transmission”
After completing the settings, friends can still receive messages normally, but additional notifications will not pop up. Therefore, if you are afraid of being disturbed or do not want the other party to see the message right away, you can use the “silent message” function.
▲If the “Silent Message” function is turned on, the other party will still receive the message, but will not receive the notification. (Picture/ETtoday file photo)
8. Practical tips | One-click translation
If you have a foreign language at hand that you don’t understand, you can follow the steps below to translate it with one click:
►Enter the chat room
►Click camera
►Select “Convert to text” and press the capture button
(At this time, the phone will display the text in the photo)
>>First type: You can click “Convert original text to translated text instantly”
(The translated text will be displayed directly on the photo)
>>Second option: You can click “Translate to Traditional Chinese”
(You can also press the key head to select other languages, including Japanese, Korean, etc.)
If you have a paper document on hand but don’t want to type it into an electronic file word by word, you can just use this function to identify and copy the text at once. In addition, by following the above steps, users can easily translate and have a general understanding of what is being written in the foreign language. Something. This function can also be used in the computer version. You can use the “Screenshot” function and click “Convert to Text”. However, sometimes the text will be recognized incorrectly, so you still need to check it a little.
▲▼LINE can easily translate foreign languages, but you still need to check and go through it a little. (Picture/photo taken by reporter Zeng Yunqi)
▲”Instantly convert to translated text” will display the translated text directly in the picture. (Picture/photo taken by reporter Zeng Yunqi)
9. Practical Tips | Create a personal group
To set up a personal group, please follow the steps below to create it:
►Click “Add Friend”
►Click “Create Group”
►Choose “Next”
In fact, there is no problem if a LINE group only has “one person”. Just click “Create Group” and directly select the next step to successfully create a one-person group.
Netizens have discussed in the past that one-person groups can be used as notepads to allow users to record some to-do items. In addition, they can also back up important photos for free through the photo album function. In addition to personal groups, LINE has also launched “Keep Notes” before, which is similar to one-person groups and can also back up photos, links, files, etc.
▲Many people will create personal groups. (Picture/photo taken by reporter Zeng Yunqi)
10. Practical Tips | Small Abacus (PC version only)
If you have calculation needs, in addition to opening the computer on your phone or the abacus on your computer, you can also use LINE for assistance. If you are using the computer version of LINE, the user only needs to enter the calculation formula (+-*/) in the dialog box and mark “=”, and the answer will automatically pop up.
▲If you have computing needs, you can use the computer version of LINE for assistance (Photo/Reporter Zeng Yunqi)
For example, if you type (5+9)*8 in the dialog box, and then enter equals, the correct answer will be 112. After actual testing, whether you enter full-form or half-form numbers or symbols, as long as the calculation is complete, it will Get answers.
