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Inbox & Team Conversations

How to Reply to WhatsApp Customers

Send text replies, insert approved templates, and use AI-suggested responses from the conversation composer.

Beginner 3 min read

Tutorial video coming soon

What You'll Learn

In this tutorial you'll learn:

  • Send a free-text reply to an open conversation
  • Insert an approved template when needed
  • Use an AI-suggested reply

Step-by-Step Guide

1

Open a conversation

Dashboard → Conversations

Click any thread in Conversations to open it.

Conversation with Rahul Demo open next to the conversation list
Click a thread to open it.
2

Type and send

Type your reply in the composer at the bottom and send. Free text works as long as the conversation's 24-hour session window is still open.

Composer with a typed reply and the Send button highlighted
Type your reply and send.
3

Use a template when the window has closed

Click the template icon in the composer to pick from your approved template library and send it — this works even outside the 24-hour window.

Send Template Message dialog with sender number, recipient, demo_welcome template, a variable value and a live preview
Pick an approved template and fill in its variables.
4

Try an AI-suggested reply

Where available, suggested replies appear above the composer — click one to insert it as a starting draft you can edit before sending.

How to Reply to WhatsApp Customers — Vaaniq Tutorials