For years, WhatsApp users have argued over the relevance of the double tick system. Does it mean the message has been read by the recipient, or merely received by their phone?
The issue is resolved once and for all after Whatsapp finally introduced updated its protocol with a double blue tick mark to indicate the message has been read.
A single grey tick now now represents that the message has been successfully sent, while two grey ticks mean it has been delivered to their phone. Once the ticks turn blue, the recipient has read your message, the company confirmed in a blog post.
Facebook Messenger, iMessage and others have offered read receipts as an option for several years, alerting beady-eyed senders to the exact time their message had been opened.
The truly paranoid among you can check the exact time the message was delivered and subsequently the time it was read by pressing the blue-ticked message and holding in for a few seconds, before selecting 'info'.
iOS and Android Whatsapp users are not required to update their software to receive the new feature, as it is being rolled out 'over-the-air', meaning some users will receive the blue ticks before others.
Facebook purchased WhatsApp in February for $19 billion. At the time the company published a blog post detailing the company's continued commitment to privacy, declaring "If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it".
"Our principles will not change. Everything that has made WhatsApp the leader in personal messaging will still be in place. Speculation to the contrary isn’t just baseless and unfounded, it’s irresponsible. It has the effect of scaring people into thinking we’re suddenly collecting all kinds of new data. That’s just not true, and it’s important to us that you know that.
WhatsApp, which was founded in 2009, is the most globally popular messaging app as of October 2014, with more than 600 million users around the world. More than half a billion people around the globe are regular, active users, with more than 700 million photos and 100 million videos shared each day.
The issue is resolved once and for all after Whatsapp finally introduced updated its protocol with a double blue tick mark to indicate the message has been read.
A single grey tick now now represents that the message has been successfully sent, while two grey ticks mean it has been delivered to their phone. Once the ticks turn blue, the recipient has read your message, the company confirmed in a blog post.
Facebook Messenger, iMessage and others have offered read receipts as an option for several years, alerting beady-eyed senders to the exact time their message had been opened.
The truly paranoid among you can check the exact time the message was delivered and subsequently the time it was read by pressing the blue-ticked message and holding in for a few seconds, before selecting 'info'.
iOS and Android Whatsapp users are not required to update their software to receive the new feature, as it is being rolled out 'over-the-air', meaning some users will receive the blue ticks before others.
Facebook purchased WhatsApp in February for $19 billion. At the time the company published a blog post detailing the company's continued commitment to privacy, declaring "If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn’t have done it".
"Our principles will not change. Everything that has made WhatsApp the leader in personal messaging will still be in place. Speculation to the contrary isn’t just baseless and unfounded, it’s irresponsible. It has the effect of scaring people into thinking we’re suddenly collecting all kinds of new data. That’s just not true, and it’s important to us that you know that.
WhatsApp, which was founded in 2009, is the most globally popular messaging app as of October 2014, with more than 600 million users around the world. More than half a billion people around the globe are regular, active users, with more than 700 million photos and 100 million videos shared each day.
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