The “last seen” feature on WhatsApp shows the time that a user last used the app. It provides a quick way to find out if a contact is available for a discussion or to see their most recent platform activity.
It occasionally experiences delays and doesn’t update as planned, though. Therefore, even though they have viewed your message, we will investigate the reasons why someone’s last seen via WhatsApp could not be updated in this blog post, along with potential solutions.
Why Does My Phone’s WhatsApp Recently Observed Not Update?
The following are some explanations for why your phone could not be updating WhatsApp’s Last Seen status:
- Privacy Status: Users can control the Last Seen status through the WhatApp Privacy settings. If the last seen information for a contact has not been amended, it may be because you or they have opted to keep it private.
- Server Problems: Delays in synchronization between the gadget and WhatsApp’s servers may result from server outages.
- You are Blocked: You are unable to access someone’s profile, last seen, or even a notification on WhatsApp if they have blocked you.
- You are not associated with their Contacts: You will not be able to access a user’s last seen status if they have set their last seen status on My contacts and they have not stored your number.
Use mobile data or Wi-Fi instead
WhatsApp may not be able to update the last seen in real time if there are connectivity issues. Try switching from mobile data to Wi-Fi or vice versa and see if it makes a difference.
To increase your phone’s internet speed, check out our guide.
Restart your phone and WhatsApp
WhatsApp may encounter technical issues that prevent it from updating last seen. Restarting the app and your phone will allow it to refresh its processes and fix any transient issues.
Unblock Individuals
On WhatsApp, you won’t be able to see nothing from their profile pic to their last saw status if you’ve blocked a contact or they’ve blocked you.
- De-block them, or have them de-block you. After that, the problem will be fixed.
- Open WhatsApp, select Settings by tapping the three dots in the upper-right corner.
- Press Privacy, then select Blocked Contacts.
- In order to view their last seen status, finally unblock them.
Conserve Contacts
WhatsApp occasionally may not correctly show the last saw status for contacts that are not stored in the address book on your phone. Simply store their phone number on your device.
Ask them to add you to their contact list in a similar manner so you can always see their most recent sighting.
Empty the WhatsApp Cache
Several problems within the software can be brought on by corrupt files or cache data. Here’s how to remove them to resolve any issues of that nature:
- Navigate to Apps and finally Apps Management after opening Settings.
- From the list of installed apps, tap WhatsApp.
- After tapping on Storage utilization, select Clear Cache.
Refresh WhatsApp
Finally, update Telegram on your iPhone or Android smartphone to address any bugs or malfunctions that may be the source of the problem.
We hope that our tutorial was helpful in illuminating the typical causes of last visited on WhatsApp not updating as well as solutions for the problem.