[wizerno]

Does anyone else miss the functionality of the Android WhatsApp widget [1] on iOS? Being able to read messages without sending read receipts via the widget is a great feature. The iOS notification 'peek' is a clumsy substitute.

Is this a fundamental limitation of iOS widgets/APIs, or just something WhatsApp hasn't implemented? Curious if others have found better ways to handle this on iPhone.

[1] https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-the-WhatsApp-wid...

[russum]

Long-pressing the chat in your thread list gives you a quick preview seemingly without sending read receipts.

[nikanj]

It is implemented in the app itself. WhatsApp > Settings > Privacy and turn off Read receipt.

[bayindirh]

The use case is slightly different. I prefer to send read receipts, but I also like to peek at messages without sending them and removing unread counts because I want to add the message to my mental queue, but don't want the false impression that I didn't bother to answer the said message.

[createaccount99]

> Being able to read messages without sending read receipts via the widget is a great feature.

More like an unfair anti-feature

[mort96]

Hm? Should I as the user not be able to decide what I send or don't send?