Technology
Blue ticks on WhatsApp: What they really
mean
By Anna Collinson
Newsbeat reporter
6 November 2014 Technology
It is a situation many of us have been in. You
send an important message on WhatsApp and
then eagerly wait for a reply.
One little tick appears to your message. Then
two. Then nothing. Your heart sinks.
The important message has been ignored - or
has it?
Up until now many users incorrectly thought the
double check indicated a message had been seen.
Actually it meant that a message had been
received by the handset, not its human owner.
However, WhatsApp's official website has
confirmed the messaging service has a new
feature, so you'll know when someone has
definitely read your message.
We introduce to you, the double blue tick!
If a group of people are chatting, the two blue
ticks will appear when everyone in the group has
read the message.
Two grey check marks will show up when
everyone has received the message.
You can also find out the time a message was
delivered and read by pressing the message with
the double tick - then holding it for a couple of
seconds, before selecting "info".
Other messaging services already have similar
types of notifications to show when someone has
seen a message, like Facebook.
In 2013, instant messaging apps like Apple's
iMessenger, WeChat and Viber overtook the
traditional SMS text message for the first time.
Research company Informer found almost 19
billion messages were sent on chat apps in 2012,
compared to 17.6 million texts.
Newsbeat has contacted WhatsApp for an official
response. But we're still waiting for the double
blue tick...

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