The ability to decide who can see if you’re “online” is one of the big recent updates to WhatsApp and probably the one that has received the most attention from the huge package of changes that was implemented recently, leaving some others aside and without people knowing very well that they exist.
Have you ever wondered if the person you’re talking to has forwarded any of your messages? Well, this is precisely one of those functions that seemed to go under the table in the new updates, since now there is a very simple way to know when someone has forwarded your messages to another person.
How to know if someone is forwarding my messages on WhatsApp
Being able to see when a forwarded message arrives is one of the things that WhatsApp added several years ago to make the dissemination of secure information much faster and easier, preventing false news from flourishing and now you can do the same verification with your own messages. giving you more control and supervision over what you type in the app.
To find out if the person you are talking to has forwarded one of your messages, you just have to follow four simple steps that will surely help you trust the platform more:
- The first thing is to go to WhatsApp and find the chat where you want to check if your messages have been forwarded.
- When you get the message you want to review, you must keep it pressed so that it is selected.
- After this, an icon with three dots will appear in the top bar in case of Android or as a pop-up under the message in case of iOS.
- There, you can go to the “info” section, where you will see if it has been forwarded and how many times.
WhatsApp plans to continue improving the security of users and their experience
Some people with access to the beta version of the app have been reviewing the source code and taking the discussion to the networks, although there are many things that are not yet known, a large number of changes seem to be working on the code.
From the “communities” section to the development of a possible screenshot blocker, WhatsApp developers are now more dedicated than ever to improving the experience that millions of people have every day with the application.