WhatsApp is testing 'Mark as Read' feature, here's what it means for you

NEW DELHI: Facebook-owned Whatsapp is doing everything to make the user experience better. The company recently introduced various new features to group video calling, forwarded message feature and others. It seems that company is not done yet and is working to introduce a new feature called ‘Mark as read’ for notifications.

According to a Twitter account that tracks changes in WhatsApp’s beta builds states that the WhatsApp beta version for the Android users consists of this feature. As per the website the new feature will enable the users to mark incoming messages as read directly from the notification drawer.

The feature will save a lot of time of the user as now they will be able to mark read any message without opening it. The Twitter account further highlights that the feature is not yet made available in the beta version as it needs some improvements. The screenshots shared show the “Mark as Read” button placed next to the “Reply” button on the notifications drawer.

Along with this, WhatsApp is also said to be working on adding a “Suspicious link” detection feature which will warn the users about any suspicious links that they have received from any sender. The company is planning this feature in order to fight against the spread of fake news.

Once this feature is rolled-out, the moment you receive a link to a website on WhatsApp, the app will do a background check of the link to the website and will alert you if it finds something fishy. “When WhatsApp detects a suspicious link, the message is marked with a red label,” says a report in WaBetaInfo. The red label will indicate that either it’s spam or phishing link or is redirecting to a fake news website. Sometimes, third-party links can redirect to malicious website that download malware in the background