How to Set a Custom Alert Tone for a Specific WhatsApp Contact

In iOS, Apple allows you to set a custom alert tone for messages and calls from a specific person in your contacts, but did you know that you can do the same for your WhatsApp contacts, too?

Setting a special alert tone for a WhatsApp contact enables you to recognize when that particular person is calling you or has sent you a message, without you even having to look at your iPhone screen.

To know instantly when someone specific is calling or messaging you via WhatsApp, follow these steps.

1. Launch WhatsApp on your ‌iPhone‌.
2. Tap the Chats tab at the bottom of the screen.
3. Select a chat thread with the contact that you want to single out from the crowd.
4. Tap the contact's name at the top of the screen.
   
   

5. Tap Custom Tone.
6. Select a specific tone to use for this contact.
7. Tap Save in the top-right corner of the screen.
   

To learn how to do the same for people in your ‌iPhone‌'s contacts app, click here.