WhatsApp evaluates the function to mark a message as read before opening it

18/07/2018 – WhatsApp prefers to test innovations internally before making them available to users. Now the latest beta version of the email application reveals some interesting developments, currently under development and expected to happen in the coming weeks. There is no specific date yet for its launch, but the wait should not be too long.

After the update that introduced a tag to show the messages transmitted in conversations, the next novelty will be the option to mark a message as read directly from the notification panel, with a simple gesture.

Currently, a message is accompanied by the double blue tilde only if the recipient has seen it in the chat.

Developers have worked to make it now possible to indicate read as a message without having to open the application. In this way, users can configure the reading of the message directly from the notification. An option that will be useful for many and that will also allow you to save time by talking with your friends, colleagues and family.

In WhatsApp's notifications for Android will be inserted a new 'Mark As Read' button, located next to the quick response In the drop-down notification menu, as usual, the preview of the received message will appear and two options: the first will give the opportunity to respond to the message, and the second will mark it as read without entering the chat. Definitely a way to shorten the time of use of the application.

Therefore, WhatsApp's beloved and hated double blue tilde is evolving and it will be even easier to inform the contacts of the good reception of a message.

On the contrary, those who wish to continue without informing the reading, will continue to see what appears in the preview notifications, without entering the chat.

In addition, the WhatsApp team is preparing another news for notifications: a shortcut to quickly silence conversations for which we no longer want to receive alerts. In this way, new messages will no longer be notified, a feature that will undoubtedly be appreciated in these times of abundant and untimely group activity.