Twitter rolled out an update to its service this morning that aims to make the social app more competitive with mobile messaging clients, including the recently upgraded iMessage arriving in iOS 10.
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Alongside read receipts, Twitter is adding a typing indicator and expanded previews for links, similar to the previews that already appear in tweets.
The read receipts feature tells the sender if their message has been read. All of the previously mentioned services utilize these, but many users hate them with a passion.
Twitter’s new read receipt feature is enabled by default, but rest assured that you can disable it from the Settings menu if you’re not into the idea of people being able to see that you read their message.
Twitter is now rolling out read receipts in Direct Messaging, showing a blue check mark next to a message’s timestamp when it has been read.
The new features that Twitter is revealing alongside read receipts are typing indicators and web link previews.
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Group chats will now also show users icons while they are typing. You will now know for sure when someone is avoiding that dank meme you sent them.
