Raise your hand if you’ve been here: You’ve just received a text, but you don’t have the time (or energy) to respond just yet. You plan to leave it unread…until a slip of the finger opens the message ...

Have you ever sent a text message to someone and wondered if they have read it or not? Maybe you are waiting for a reply, or maybe you just want to make sure they got your message. Whatever the reason ...

If you text on an iPhone, you have the option to let your friends know when you've received their messages — a simple notification that says "read." It's called a "read receipt," and until this week, ...

Bumble does not use read receipts to notify you if someone has read your message. Users can see if you start to type a response, so this can indicate you've seen the most recent message. Here's ...

There are two types of people in this world: those who leave their Read Receipts on and those who decide to disable the feature. The Read Receipt was one of the biggest controversial topics when Apple ...

Google is making a change to read receipts in Google Messages in RCS conversations. The redesign moves the checkmarks from under the text bubble to inside the bubble. This change allows read receipts ...

Rumor has it, Apple wants to give you the option to use read receipts on a contact-by-contact basis in iMessage. This is a dreadfully bad idea that will undoubtedly destroy relationships, estrange ...

A response from an email recipient that indicates the message was opened. The read receipt has to be requested by the sender, and the recipient may or may not comply. Although it is called a "read" ...

Read receipts are a source of great contention. Are they pronounced "red" or "reed?" And more importantly, should you have them on? The answer: probably not. Read receipts are for weirdos. For the ...

Google appears to have started the rollout of the Messages read receipt redesign. The redesign moves the checkmarks from outside the bubble to inside the bubble. The read receipt has also received a ...

When you send a message, it can be handy to know when the recipient has read it. If you’re running late, or need to change a plan, or have other timely information to pass on, then that tick or ‘Read’ ...