As if we didn’t already have enough scars around us, a WhatsApp rumor that refuses to die is currently the rounds.
In particular, many people say that a third blue tick can be seen in a beta version of WhatsApp. It is believed to indicate that someone has made a screenshot of the conversation. However, you should not believe this because it is a false claim.
In fact, this rumor is not new: such information, which at the time also turned out to be ‘fake news’, began to circulate at the end of 2021 and early 2022 and is now spreading again. The claim is distributed everywhere, from classic chain letters on WhatsApp itself to messages on Tiktok and other short video platforms.
If you see a message that claims that WhatsApp is about to get a third tick, do everyone a favor and don’t go through. If you really want to forward something, make a message from it below, which will help to prevent the unfounded scars:
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In general, important functions of WhatsApp are announced in advance by the parent company Meta prior to testing. These usually go through beta tests (about which sites such as Wabetainfo report) before a potential public rollout.
But that did not happen this time, so you can safely ignore it.
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This article originally appeared on our sister publication MacWelt And was translated and adapted from German.
