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Mark Zuckerberg and Adam Mosseri announced on their Instagram channels that users will soon be able to choose whether they want their contacts to see read receipts. While this change is being tested, the head of the social network added a photo showing what the function will look like in Settings.

Instagram adds option to turn off read/Photo Meta notifications

Today, you can see a small text indicator below your last message that shows you when your message was opened and read. If there is nothing, the interlocutor has not opened a chat yet.

Neither Mosseri nor Zuckerberg said whether similar changes would be expected in Messenger, which has no option to turn off read receipt notifications next to messages.

It is unknown exactly when they plan to implement this change for all users. Testing does not necessarily mean that something will be implemented. Many cases are known where companies canceled certain plans during testing. The same Instagram had previously changed its idea of ​​offering a new interface similar to TikTok after the audience reacted extremely negatively.