WhatsApp turns off blue ticks – with good reason

A big innovation has been quietly introduced in WhatsApp, which concerns the blue tick as read receipt for messages. Many have already noticed the problem, but the change actually only implements something that was long overdue.

WhatsApp turns off blue ticks for voice messages

Perhaps some of you have already noticed. In WhatsApp has quietly made an important change. Up until now, blue ticks were always displayed for voice messages as soon as the message was received and listened to. So the sender could see directly whether the recipient had listened to the message – even if you had Read receipts actually disabled Has. Exactly has changed now. WhatsApp has not completely switched off the blue tick for voice messages, but has equated them with normal messages.

Accordingly, what applies to text messages now applies to voice messages. If you have deactivated the read receipt with the blue tick, you will also receive it no more read receipts from your contacts. So if you have deactivated the read receipt, but want to see the blue tick for voice messages again, then you have to reactivate the read receipt on your account. But then the other person must also have activated the read receipt. The blue ticks only reappear if both parties have activated the function. GIGA explains how this works in this article.

WhatsApp is planning further changes

A lot has been going on on WhatsApp lately. Although the new terms of use continue to cause controversy, a feature that has long been desired will soon be implemented. WhatsApp will create the possibility use one account on multiple devices. The function is only under development, but the chances are very good that we won’t have to wait too long for it. GIGA will inform you when the time comes.

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