Nothing is forever and even less WhatsApp. The most used messaging application in the world has been with us for 15 years and in that time it has made many, many changes. And now a new one arrives that changes one of the functionalities to which we are most accustomed: the indication that a contact is writing a messageboth in groups and in chats between two.
According to WABetainfo, the beta version of WhatsApp for Android with number 2.24.21.18now available in Google Play Store For users signed up for the beta, eliminates the classic ‘typing’ message that appears under the name of the group or contact you are talking toeither. Instead, this information is moved and reshaped to be included within the chat itself as a text bubble. The action will not be indicated with words, but will appear a three point animation indicating that a contact is doing it. In the style of, for example, skype.
This change is reinforced by something that had already been seen previously in the beta for Android 2.23.12.7and is the introduction of the profile picture in group chat messages. To be able to more easily identify who is writing at any given time, Your image will be displayed next to each message that has been written. In the case of users who do not have any, it will appear a default icon but with particular characteristics to differentiate themselves from others also without image, such as a specific color.
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WhatsApp is rolling out a redesigned typing indicator feature for individual and group chats, and it’s available to some beta testers!
Some users can get this feature by installing the previous update.https://t.co/K4prb1JiiLpic.twitter.com/akmTNUhO78— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) October 2, 2024
The objective of these changes is to make conversations more dynamic and for the user to obtain more information without taking your eyes off the chat messages.
Another improvement is that, until now, when several contacts in a group wrote at the same time, only the ‘writing’ of one of them was indicated. With this new system, All icons will be displayed, some partially superimposed on others, of the users who are doing it next to the bubble with the animation of the three dots, making it easier to know what is happening in the conversation.
These changes not only affect the information of who is writing, but also that of who is recording a voice memo. In this case, to indicate the action, it will be displayed a microphone icon in the text bubble.
According to information from WABetainfo, this feature is no longer in development, but It is being deployed and will reach more users in the coming weeks.