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This How.com.vn teaches you how to turn on read receipts for your SMS messages on a Samsung Galaxy. Read receipts will only tell you if the other person has opened your message if they are using the same messaging app and have also enabled read receipts.
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Open the Messages app on your Galaxy. You’ll usually find it on the home screen.[1]
Tap ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. A menu will expand.[2]Advertisement
Tap Settings. It’s at the bottom of the menu.
Tap More Settings. It’s near the bottom of the menu.[3]
Tap Text messages. It’s at the top of the menu.[4]
Slide the “Delivery reports” to the Onposition. This ensures you get a delivery report for each text message you send.[5]
Tap the back button. This brings you back to the menu.
Tap Multimedia messages. It’s the second option in the menu.
Slide the “Delivery reports” to the Onposition.
Slide the “Read reports” switch to the Onposition. As long as the person you’re messaging has this setting enabled in their app, you’ll be notified when they read your message.
Community Q&A
- QuestionHow do I see when they are typing a response to me?
Community AnswerYou will see a text bubble on the opposite side of your bubble, and there will be three dots in the bubble. - QuestionHow can I see when someone is typing on a Samsung phone?Community AnswerYou will see a little text bubble with three dots in it on the left hand side appear when they're typing.
- QuestionHow do I know if my outgoing SMS message has been read?
Izzy ReganCommunity AnswerGo onto your 1 to 1 chats with someone and then it will tell you if that person has read it.
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- ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/
- ↑ https://ktar.com/story/4812823/how-to-know-if-someone-actually-read-your-text/
- ↑ https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/text-emails-read.html
- ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/
- ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/
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