You can see which of your connections are currently active and reachable on LinkedIn. You can recognize this by the presence of a green circle next to a connection’s name when you're in the LinkedIn messaging experience on both the LinkedIn desktop and the LinkedIn mobile app.
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The presence of a solid green circle next to someone's name in LinkedIn messaging means they're currently on LinkedIn and will be instantly notified when you send them a message.
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A hollowed out green circle indicates that someone is not actively using LinkedIn but has push notifications enabled on the LinkedIn mobile app. They'll be notified instantly when you send them a message.
Note: On the LinkedIn mobile app, in this state, the last active date will also be displayed to connections.
The colored indicators also appear when using LinkedIn messaging conversation windows at the bottom of your LinkedIn homepage, and on various pages across both the LinkedIn desktop and the LinkedIn mobile app.
If there is no green circle (a circle with no color), the connection is not currently active on LinkedIn desktop and LinkedIn mobile app, or they have disabled the active status feature on LinkedIn messaging. Your message will still be sent but they won't see it until they access LinkedIn messaging on desktop or LinkedIn mobile app.
Only your connections will be able to see when you're active on the LinkedIn desktop or the LinkedIn mobile app.
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