It can be frustrating not knowing if someone has seen your text message. "Read receipts" allows smartphone users to adjust settings so they're notified when a message is received.

To turn on your Read Receipts in the iMessage app, click Settings, scroll down, and tap Messages. Enable Send Read Receipts . These steps work with Macs and iPads as well.

Well, they are an indication of whether or not your message, image, video, PDF, or voice message has been sent, received or read. Ticks will appear next to each message you send. • One grey ...

A read receipt is also sent to you once your message has been read. After the message is closed, though, it disappears for both the sender and the receiver, which is the whole point behind the app.

How to Check If Your Message Was Read. To determine whether your text message has been read, follow these steps: Open the Messages app and navigate to the conversation you want to check.

Facebook, however, does not. When you read someone's Facebook message, they'll always know — they can see the time or just the date you read the message, depending on when they look back at it ...

If you message someone “I’m outside your apartment to pick you up”, you’ll know whether they read it and are just on their way down, or if you should ping them again.