WhatsApp experiments with double checking for read messages
One of the most charismatic features of the messaging application WhatsApp is being reviewed. It is his double check or the icon that allows the user to know if his message has reached the interlocutor A useful indicator that has given its users more than one headache and that those responsible for WhatsApp could be trying to improve. Will this end the confusion of trying to find out if a message has been finally and effectively read by the contact? They seem to be working on making this so.
In this way, during the last weeks and, after the recent updates of the application for the platform Android, many users have noticed an anomalous behavior of this double check Thus, many have noticed theselective appearance of this double check in group conversations Something that has not been a general trend but that has attracted attention since, previously, group chats only showed a tick, making it impossible to know if a message had been received by all the contacts that participate in that group.
Of course, the appearance of this double tick or double check in these conversations without official confirmation from WhatsApp means nothing more than a possible test or malfunctionSomething that would be useful to exploit to find out if a message shared in a group has been read by all chat participants But it is something that for now we will have to wait to enjoy .
Nor should we lose sight of other behavior recently discovered by other users. In this case it is the color change of the mentioned double check If up to now this sign was grey , some users have noticed its color change to a tone blue after being read. More specifically when it comes to the Push To Talk audio messages Some messages whose microphone icon already changed color to let them know that it had been heard by the other contact . A color that, in the case of some users, also extends to double check
For the moment WhatsApp has not been pronounced. In addition, the selective nature of these facts suggests that it is an experiment or test before being applied effectively and soon. Something that would be appreciated to avoid much confusion. And there are still those who do not know that the double check does not confirm the reading of the message by the interlocutor, but only the confirmation of the arrival of said message to your terminal Whether you have already read it or not is something that for now WhatsApp does not reflect.
Other applications such as the messaging service of Google, Hangouts , it does have an effective indicator to know how far a contact has read in the conversation Question that helps to know how far a person knows at each moment of the chat . In his case, it does not do so with color indicators, but by showing the profile photo of the user in a translucentafter the last message read.Is WhatsApp preparing to do something similar?
