WhatsApp update: “I see exactly when you read my message”

New discontent is spreading among WhatsApp users. First the two blue ticks and now it also shows WHEN a message was read. And this to the minute.

With the latest version of WhatsApp, users can now also see WHEN a message was delivered and WHEN the recipient read the message.

How does this work?

Android and Windows Phone users

Android and Windows Phone users simply have to hold down a sent message for longer .

A menu appears at the top. In this you will then see an info button .

If you tap on this, an information window appears with all the broadcast information.

Here you can see that the message was DELIVERED READ at the same moment !

Info: “Delivered” only means that a user has already received the message but not yet read . However, if it says “ Read ” or “ Seen ”, then the recipient has also read it.

iPhone users

iPhone users simply need to swipe from right to left .

Here you can see that the message DELIVERED READ 10 minutes later, at 7:13 p.m. !

Also works for group chats!

If you have sent a message within a group, you can use the info button to see when each SINGLE member has received and read the message.

Here is an example of a message that NOT RECEIVED and NOT READ .

First the blue ticks and now the minute-by-minute read confirmation.

The pressure among users is growing. Especially with young people (social pressure?), because if you don't respond immediately you have to constantly expect that the sender will hold you accountable.

But perhaps it will also be the case here that users will criticize this option in the same way they recently criticized the blue ticks and that WhatsApp will allow its users to deactivate this option, just like the blue ticks .