React, reply, edit, and send more than text
Emoji reactions, replies, editing and unsend, and sharing photos, GIFs, files, voice notes, and your location.
React, reply, edit, unsend
- React: long press a message (right click on desktop) and pick an emoji. Tap it again to take it back.
- Reply: quote a specific message so it's clear what you're answering.
- Edit: fix one of your own messages. A small edited label shows afterward.
- Unsend: pull back one of your own messages within 15 minutes and it's gone. After that, deleting leaves a quiet note that it was removed.
Send more than text
Tap the plus in the composer to add photos, a video, a GIF, a voice note, a file, your location, or a contact from your Orbit. Paste a link and it unfurls into a preview.
If a message doesn't go through, it's marked failed so nothing sends silently. Tap it to try again.
Read receipts
In group and event chats you can see who's caught up: long press a message to see who's read it. Direct messages stay low key and don't show read receipts.
You can switch receipts off entirely in Privacy settings. It cuts both ways: turn yours off and you stop seeing everyone else's too. See Who can reach you.
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