Snapchat is a very popular social media platform that is famous among the young generation. The app allows it’s users to send and receive snaps with or without audio. The app checks all the activities and monitors the status of all of the messages and snaps you share with each other. After monitoring, it sends both the sender and the receiver information about the messages by using icons that show up on the chat screen. When a sender sends a snap or text message using this social media platform and the receiver receives it, or better say, when the receiver opens it, both parties become aware of it.
The opened icon is important as it allows the sender to understand that the receiver has received the message he or she sent. So, here we have mentioned how you can know when a person opens your chat or snaps on Snapchat.
What does Snapchat Opened mean?
Whenever a person sends over a snap or chat, the Snapchat server starts tracking it, and whenever the receiver receives the message, the server informs the sender. Similarly, whenever the receiver opens the message, the Snapchat server again sends a notification to the sender. In short, the opened status message means that the receiver has viewed your message.
Here are the steps you can to follow to know whether the receiver has opened it up:
- First, launch the Snapchat application and go to the chat screen.
- Here, you will have to go to the conversation with which the snap or the chat is related.
- You’ll now be able to see the icons next to these conversations.
- You will also know when the message was opened below the group’s name or the individual’s account name as well.
The open icon on Snapchat is something very similar to the sent icon. There is only a single difference. That is, with the sent icon, users get a filled arrow, but with the opened icon, users get a hollow arrow. Here is what the arrows mean:
- A hollow red arrow icon means: The sent Snap without audio was opened by the receiver
- A hollow purple arrow icon means: The sent Snap with audio was opened by the receiver
- A hollow blue arrow icon means: The sent chat was opened by the receiver
- A hollow green arrow means: The sent cash gift was opened by the receiver
On the other hand, when you are the recipient of the conversation and open up the chat, the arrows will be quite different for you.
- A hollow red square means: That you have opened a Snap or Snaps without audio
- A hollow purple square means: That you have opened a Snap or Snaps with audio
- A hollow blue square means: That you have opened a chat
- A hollow gray square means: That a Snap sent to you has expired
There are also some other icons on Snapchat messaging that also indicate whether a chat is sent, received, or delivered. If you have sent a snap, but you are not getting any update on it and you are noticing that your chat or snap is still stuck at sent, it means that the recipient has blocked you. It may also mean that the recipient has deleted the Snapchat account or uninstalled the application.
Ending words
Snapchat has an impressive message-tracking system that beats several social media giants on the market. It even informs you if the receiver has taken a screenshot of your message or snap so that you can take appropriate steps to protect your privacy. Hope the complete concept of the Snapchat opened status is clear to you now.
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