If you've ever sent a message on your phone, you know this scenario. Just when you start typing a message, someone else starts pressing the keys too!
In most apps, it's easy to see if someone else is typing, which means you can stop and wait for them to finish. But on WhatsApp, it's not in the most visible place.
Instead of an icon appearing just below existing messages (like you'll find on Apple Messages and Facebook Messenger), WhatsApp hid their message at the top of the screen next to the other person's name. As you type, this could easily be missed.
However, this will soon no longer be a problem. 9to5Google reports that WhatsApp also changes the typed message to an icon and moves 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 gaze during a conversation.
For now, the change appears to only affect certain Android devices running a beta version of WhatsApp. The feature is expected to roll out to all compatible devices at some point, although it's unclear exactly when.
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This article was originally published on our sister publication M3 and was translated and adapted from Swedish.
