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# [WhatsApp Ticks Explained: One Grey, Two Grey, Two Blue, and Why Blue Doesn't Always Mean Read](https://digicirq.hashnode.dev/whatsapp-ticks-explained-one-grey-two-grey-two-blue-and-why-blue-doesn-t-always-mean-read?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

One tick is the server, two is the phone, blue is the eyes. How delivery and read receipts travel, why two grey ticks sit for days, how to read without blue.

57m ago · 5 min read · digicirq.hashnode.dev  
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