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What is WhatsApp?
- Multi-purpose messaging, social media, and mobile payment app
- One of the world’s biggest apps, hundreds of millions of users
What do we use WhatsApp for?
- For texts or calls with Rome Abroad, use WhatsApp (email is fine too)
- To introduce yourself to your host family
- The group chat for everyone in the Rome Abroad program
- Add yourself in your program chat if you aren’t in already! (Select both Italy & Europe for the season and year you’re going)
- Fall 2021 Italy – https://chat.whatsapp.com/JE7EJdZjVLRBXJ6xPpC9oC
- Fall 2021 Europe – https://chat.whatsapp.com/LQPDK9cwHCb4DJK1GrGdmg
- Winter 2022 Italy – https://chat.whatsapp.com/FK30eojMUNeB6J9bYzyPaO
- Winter 2022 Europe – https://chat.whatsapp.com/HbPsgxjTF9p5K9zJZqyrZa
- Spring 2022 Italy – https://chat.whatsapp.com/HkxQziHtgNT0Th5O12H0CG
- Spring 2022 Europe – https://chat.whatsapp.com/Crf2ip8EEV19shg3MYyaEO
- Summer 2022 Italy – https://chat.whatsapp.com/JvAUBuzbYPR3eif99ea5eQ
- Summer 2022 Europe – https://chat.whatsapp.com/I8M6UUJC38fIIcWtgW38Sl
- To make weekend trip plans with other Rome Abroad Travelers
- To keep in touch with your host family during your time there
Important benefits of WhatsApp:
- Message friends and family for free
- WhatsApp uses WiFi (or data if WiFi isn’t available) to send messages and make calls
- Reply to specific messages earlier in the thread (swipe right on a message to do this)
- You can create group chats for specific weekend trips, or just for people in your city
- Really great way to make friends and network
- You can create group chats for specific weekend trips, or just for people in your city
WhatsApp features:
- Texts
- Voice calls
- Video calls
- Vocal messages
- Nameable group chats up to 256 people
- See when your messages have been delivered and read
- Share photos, videos, PDFs, documents, spreadsheets, etc.
- Check out all the features online