WhatsApp continues to improve step by step with new features which are coming to both Android and iOS. After the intense redesign that the application has undergone, Meta continues to reveal the new features in its beta version: the latest, the advanced multi-device mode that allows linking a second account as an additional device.
Leaving aside what will come in the future, we have discovered a new somewhat hidden feature that allows Mark all messages as read. By long pressing this button, you will avoid having to go through them one by one. This is ideal if you have many groups or receive many messages from your contacts on a daily basis.
Marking messages read in batch is possible on WhatsApp
After adding filters, WhatsApp allows us to discriminate recent chats from the home screen in the app. Thus, we can take advantage of it to only show us the most recent ones. group messagesfavorite contacts (which we must previously mark), or those that we have not yet read by clicking on “Unread”.
It is precisely from these buttons that our new discovery comes: a simple press applies the filters we mentioned above; a prolonged one makes magic. We will see how a small button labeled “Mark as read” appears.
Thus, in just two taps, it is possible to remove the pending reading mark. suddenly in several chats. Depending on the filter we click on, we will mark the messages shown by that filter as read.
This is the simple procedure to take advantage of this trick that works both in Android as in iOS:
- Open WhatsApp. Make sure you have the new filters, which are: “All”, “Unread”, “Favorites” and “Groups”.
- If you have pending messages, for example, from your favorite contacts, long press the “Favorites” filter button. A new button will appear that says “Mark as read”: press it to make all your favorite chats lose the pending message flag.
Alternatively, if you are on the “All” or “Unread” tab, it is assumed that all are marked as read. In the new “Favorites” filter, by the way, a second item is added to this dropdown menu that allows you to set up favorite contacts without having to go one by one.
It’s that easy to take advantage of it: this secret menu offers the fastest way to mark all your chats as read, whether there are dozens or hundreds. You don’t need to waste time by entering conversations and scrolling down, or by holding down your finger on your groups to find the option. It is very useful, and you will surely get more out of it than we did.
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