At this point, we can tell you very little that you don’t know about WhatsApp, the most popular instant messaging application. Over time he started to win Functions requested by users How to send a message without adding the number to contacts? Also beware of scams called Whatsapping.

Or maybe there is something left to draw. Did you know about WhatsApp’s green dot function? It’s a small feature, but it will help us organize our conversations better. We explain what it is and how to use it in the Android app.

How to enable green dot on WhatsApp?

When we receive a new WhatsApp notification, Android sends us an alert via known system notifications. But, That’s not the only warning we have. The messaging application itself shows us a green icon with a small number inside it in the list of recent chats.

This means: number of unread messages in the conversation in question. When we enter, this green dot disappears, indicating that the entire conversation has been read. But in some cases, you can skip leaving this icon present to remember that you left a friend or family member reading.

Surely it’s happened to you at some point: A message arrives at the most inopportune moment and you plan to read it later. Oops, you entered the chat and lost the notification. You’ll probably never remember leaving them read. To avoid this, stick to the following green dot trick.

So later on you will see the green icon in your chat list directly on the main WhatsApp screen to fulfill your social obligations. We explain to you how to get it step by step:

• Open WhatsApp for Android. You will see your chat list.
• Press and hold your finger on the conversation in question. You can check more than once if you wish.

• Now tap the three-dot button (“more options”). Actions will be displayed: what we are interested in is “Mark as unread”. Tap on it.
• You’ll notice that chats marked as unread will have a new indicator below the date and time. This is the green dot on WhatsApp.

Ready! with this little thing fly You won’t forget to respond to all the messages your contacts send you. This function allows us to respond even if we do not have time to respond or would prefer to do so at another time. delay before forgetting the answer.

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