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FYI: double checkmarks means your message was successfully delivered to their phone [0], not that they necessarily read your message. https://www.whatsapp.com/
by rob 12y ago
FYI: double checkmarks means your message was successfully delivered to their phone [0], not that they necessarily read your message.
https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20951546 https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/general/20951546
- maxkiener 12y agoWHAT?! I was using it for over 2 years under that assumption! Thanks
- toomuchtodo 12y agoFunny enough, Telegram (the open replacement for WhatsApp) works in the way you had expected (double check is read confirmation).
- maxkiener 12y agoI always assumed that the first checkmark indicates "delivered" and the second one "read", since right after you post it it shows a clock-symbol. also interesting, that i assume with current network speeds sent=delivered.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoFirst checkmark confirms it hit store and forward servers. I prefer second checkmark to indicate delivery, as I care less if someone read it and more if it just made it to their device.
- maxkiener 12y agoHow about the first checkmark indicates delivery and the second "read". do you guys care about the "it left the phone" state?
- toomuchtodo 12y agoDefinitely. You want confirmation it got to someplace same until delivered to the recipient. 1 check for got to server, 1 check for delivered to recipient device, and then "Read" underneath the furthest part of the conversation that has been read. Or I'm just crazy and niche.
- maxkiener 12y agoI'd say: clock symbol till it left the phone, one checkmark for delivered, another one for read.
- toomuchtodo 12y agoPerfect!
- anuragbiyani 12y agoPersonally "It left the phone" state is very important to me, esp., when I am travelling and network connectivity is intermittent. Also "Message Read" is a very ambiguous state according to me - If the content of a message is read from the notification drop down, but user never opened whatsapp to read it - is it read, or not ?
- eertami 12y agoUser you are sending to could be underground/out of signal range/have 3G disabled. I like having a separate delivered confirmation and I would prefer not to have people see what I have read.
- nixarn 12y agoI think it works like this on the iPhone. Probably because the msg can't be delivered unless you start the app.
- alistairjcbrown 12y agoI was just about to comment this. Seems it's a pretty common misunderstanding. AFAIK the only way to know if someone's read your message is to assume based on their last time online.