Read receipts are a quick way to let people know you saw their text. But sometimes you may not want them to know. Here's how to turn them on or off for everyone or for specific people.

Read receipts don't work with SMS texts either: The feature is only enabled through iMessage chats, so if you have iMessage turned off or you're texting someone who doesn't have iMessage enabled ...

What if you want to keep read receipts turned on for specific people? You have that option in iMessage but not in Google Messages. If you have an iPhone and want to turn on read receipts for one ...

I turned my read receipts on, a guy I had gone on a couple of dates with texted me. "I don’t know if it was intentional, but ...

In addition to AirDrop, iMessage is one of Apple's most useful ... have been successfully delivered and read by the receiver. Read receipts can be particularly useful when you need to let the ...

Beyond one-on-one conversations, iMessage should upgrade the group chat experience. Currently, the service still doesn’t support typing indicators and read receipts in groups. Another ridiculous ...

and iMessage. They all support read receipts, group chats, and a wide range of multimedia options. The messaging experience is very similar between these services, although you won’t find native ...

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You can tell the difference by color—a blue text bubble indicates Apple's iMessage, while a green text bubble is an SMS message. Group messages don't support read receipts either. Unfortunately ...

You can tell the difference by color—a blue text bubble indicates Apple's iMessage, while a green text bubble is an SMS message. Group messages don't support read receipts either. Unfortunately ...