** Desktop PC app will mark your texts as read, regardless of not opening or being away from your computer. ** I don't have to explain how much of a problem this causes. Handy app if you work from home. Wish it worked better. If there was a better alternative, I'd switch. User since 2015, and Premium user for for 6 years, and just cancelled. $79 annual subscription is way too much for how many problems I had with the app / syncing messages.