For those who’ve ever despatched a message in your cellphone, you’ll be acquainted with this situation. Simply as you begin typing a message, another person begins hitting the keys too!
In most apps, it’s simple to see if another person is typing, that means you’ll be able to cease and anticipate them to complete. However on WhatsApp, it’s not in essentially the most seen place.
As an alternative of an icon showing slightly below present messages (as you’ll discover on the likes of Apple’s Messages and Fb Messenger) WhatsApp has hidden its message on the high of the display subsequent to the title of the opposite particular person. Whilst you’re typing away, this might simply be missed.
Nonetheless, that received’t be an issue anymore. Following earlier stories, WhatsApp proprietor Meta has now confirmed the introduction of ‘Typing Indicators’, which provides an ellipsis (…) and profile image on the backside of a chat every time somebody is typing. This is applicable to each 1:1 and group conversations.
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Meta says the function has begun to roll out to customers on each iPhone and Android. Head to the App Retailer or Google Play Retailer to see if the replace is out there to your cellphone but.
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This text initially appeared on our sister publication M3 and was translated and tailored from Swedish.