If you’ve ever sent a message on your phone, you’re familiar with this scenario. Just as you start typing a message, someone else starts pressing the keys too!
Most apps make it easy to see if someone else is typing, which means you can stop and wait for them to finish. But on WhatsApp it is not in the most visible place.
Instead of an icon appearing just below existing messages (as you’ll find in Apple’s Messages and Facebook Messenger), WhatsApp has hidden its message at the top of the screen next to the other person’s name. It’s easy to miss as you’re typing.
However, that will not be a problem anytime soon. 9to5Google reports that WhatsApp is also turning the typing message into an icon and moving it to the bottom of the screen. It makes sense to have it here, just above the text box, because that’s where people typically focus their eyes during a chat.
For now, the change appears to only affect some Android devices running a WhatsApp beta version. The feature is expected to roll out to all compatible devices at some point, although it’s not clear exactly when.
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This article originally appeared in our sister publication M3 and was translated and adapted from Swedish.
