Organizing an event will never be difficult again-no more duplicate presents or potluck menus! We can finally end the battle between green and blue text bubbles with Shift and WhatsApp desktop. Scroll down until you see Add participant Enter anything you like - even my phone number! (Not really.) Adding more members to the groupĢ. Navigate to the three dots at the top right of the screenģ. Type the name of your group into the Group Subject (you can change this at a later date)ġ. Choose whether to take a photo or upload an existing photoģ. Click the circle that says ADD GROUP ICONĢ.

Click the green arrow Adding a photo and group nameĪs soon as you've selected the participants, the new group screen will come up by default.ġ. Go to the three dots at the top of your listĤ. Creating a group chat in WhatsApp Desktopġ.

Instead of running to your phone every time you get a message, it can be read without leaving your workstation. Having a messaging platform on your computer can also make all of the difference. The best part? You can also use the WhatsApp desktop app right in Shift. WhatsApp is the great conqueror of message applications, especially with its flawless cross-platform group chat system. As a result, it was easily adopted and is now the most popular messaging app with over 1.5 billion users. Blue tick: The recipient has read your message. Double tick: The message was successfully delivered to the recipients phone. It was a way to message your friends in different countries regardless of the operating system of their devices. Single tick: The message was successfully sent. This means you can’t see when people read your messages even if they have read receipts enabled.Īnd keep in mind, no matter your read receipts settings, read receipts are always shown in group chats.Eight years ago, WhatsAppbecame the great bridge between iPhone users and Android users. One thing to keep in mind is that if you shut off read receipts in WhatsApp, you will not be able to receive read receipts for your messages.

Those wont appear next to any received messages.

On the Privacy screen, tap to toggle the Read Receipts switch to OFF (green). A single gray check mark means your message was sent, and a set of gray check marks means it was delivered.

Tap the Setting icon in the app’s bottom toolbar.

If you want to turn off read receipts, WhatsApp makes it very easy to do.

Whatsapp check marks on group chats