In case you’ve ever despatched a message in your telephone, 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 straightforward to see if another person is typing, which means you’ll be able to cease and watch for them to complete. However on WhatsApp, it’s not in probably the most seen place.
As an alternative of an icon showing just under current 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 individual. When you’re typing away, this might simply be missed.
Nevertheless, that gained’t be an issue quickly. 9to5Google experiences that WhatsApp can be altering the typing message to an icon and shifting it right down to the underside of the display. It is sensible to have it right here, simply above the textual content field, as that’s the place folks sometimes focus their gaze throughout a chat.
For now, the change seems to solely have an effect on some Android units working a WhatsApp beta. The characteristic is predicted to be rolled out to all appropriate units sooner or later, although it’s not clear precisely when.
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This text initially appeared on our sister publication M3 and was translated and tailored from Swedish.