How to See if Someone Read Your Text on Samsung Galaxy

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Learn how to enable read receipts on your Samsung Galaxy phone
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This wikiHow 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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    You’ll usually find it on the home screen. [1]
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    It’s at the top-right corner of the screen. A menu will expand. [2]
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    It’s at the bottom of the menu.
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    It’s near the bottom of the menu. [3]
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    It’s at the top of the menu. [4]
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    This ensures you get a delivery report for each text message you send. [5]
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    As long as the person you’re messaging has this setting enabled in their app, you’ll be notified when they read your message.
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    You will see a text bubble on the opposite side of your bubble, and there will be three dots in the bubble.
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    You will see a little text bubble with three dots in it on the left hand side appear when they're typing.
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    How do I know if my outgoing SMS message has been read?
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    Go onto your 1 to 1 chats with someone and then it will tell you if that person has read it.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/
      2. ↑ https://ktar.com/story/4812823/how-to-know-if-someone-actually-read-your-text/
      3. ↑ https://www.aarp.org/home-family/personal-technology/info-2022/text-emails-read.html
      4. ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/
      5. ↑ https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/how-to-deactivate-text-message-delivery-reports/

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