The blue reading ticks indicate that chat messages have been read.
However, they caused problems with voice messages because users couldn't turn them off.
Mountain View - WhatsApp * is one of the most used apps in the world. Messenger is even the most popular app in Germany *, with almost 80 percent of Internet users in Germany using
WhatsApp every day,
according to
messengerpeople.com
. So it's no wonder that there is always great excitement when the short message service from the USA, which has been part of Facebook Inc. * since 2014, changes something, for example the terms and conditions or special functions.
Since 2013 there has also been the function of sending voice messages - recorded audio files that users can quickly and easily send to the conversation partner or in groups.
In 2014, blue ticks were added to confirm when chat messages had been read by the other user.
This function can now be turned off - just not for voice messages.
An annoying problem for many users.
WhatsApp: Blue ticks for voice messages are gone
It was annoying for users who had actually switched off the blue check marks on the read receipt, but were still shown in the chat when they had listened to voice messages they had received.
This could neither be turned off nor otherwise avoided - anyone who had listened to a voice message was forced to share this with their chat partner.
This problem is now a thing of the past.
As
reported by
giga.de
, the blue ticks on the voice messages have now disappeared.
WhatsApp: Voice messages are now equated with normal messages
The special function of the blue tick in voice messages as confirmation for the sender that the audio message has been read by the recipient is a thing of the past. The read confirmation now works as with normal WhatsApp messages: only if both users have activated the function in the settings, they will see the blue check mark as a read confirmation from the other chat partner. If only one of the two has deactivated the function, nobody - neither the sender nor the recipient - will see the read receipt in the form of the blue tick. It is no longer enough to send a short memo via chat to check whether the other person is reading or not. (fh) * Merkur.de and tz.de are offered by IPPEN.MEDIA.
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