As if we did not already have enough alarmist around us, a rumor of WhatsApp who refuses to die currently goes around.
More specifically, many people say that a third blue tick can be seen in a beta version of WhatsApp. This is supposed to indicate that someone has taken a screenshot of the conversation. However, you shouldn't believe this because it is a false assertion.
In fact, this rumor is not new: such information, which also turned out to be “false news” at the time, began to circulate at the end of 2021 and early 2022, and is now spreading again. The affirmation is widespread everywhere, classic chain letters on WhatsApp itself to publications on Tiktok and other short video platforms.
If you see a message claiming that WhatsApp is about to get a third tick, do everyone and do not transmit it. If you really want to transmit something, make a message as below, which will help to counter the unfounded brilliance:
Foundry
In general, the main features of WhatsApp are announced in advance by the parent company Meta before the tests. These generally go through beta tests (on which sites such as Wabetainfo arise) before a potential public deployment.
But none of this has happened this time, so you can ignore it safely.
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This article originally appeared on our Macwelt sister publication and was translated and adapted from the German.
