There are times when you want to read a few messages without opening the chat of a contact. While you can read WhatsApp messages, without opening the chat, in the notifications panel, but there is also one more method to check messages without opening the app.
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Steps to read message without opening the chat on mobile
Step 1: First of all, long press on the home screen and a menu will pop up on your phone’s screen.
Step 2: Just tap on Widgets. You will find a lot of shortcuts there. You need to find the shortcut for WhatsApp.
Step 3: You will get different WhatsApp widgets. You need to tap on “4 x 1 WhatsApp” widget.
Step 4: now, touch and hold that widget, and then drop it on one of your home screens. After adding it to your screen, you can long-press on the widget to expand it.
You can now read the WhatsApp messages without opening any chat. You will be able to read all your old (unread) messages as well. Do note that if you tap on any of the chats (on widget), then WhatsApp will open that chat and the sender will get to know that you have read the messages.
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Steps for WhatsApp web
If you are the one who wants to read WhatsApp Web messages without opening the chat you can easily do that. All you have to do is place the cursor on the chat once you receive any message on WhatsApp Web. Users will then see a floating message on their screen.
This way you won’t be required to open the chat to check the latest message on the web version. It is important to note that you only get to read the latest messages and not the old ones.
