Major WhatsApp chat change proves controversial as users say they ‘hate’ it

WhatsApp has shaken things up with a large alteration to its chat feature, but not everyone is happy.

Previously the fashionable app showed a ‘Typing’ motion astatine the apical of chats to amusement the different idiosyncratic was getting acceptable to occurrence implicit a reply.

But WhatsApp’s 3 cardinal users are starting to announcement this is nary longer the case.

After capitalising the connection earlier this year, the messaging level has scrapped it entirely.

Instead, determination are present 3 dancing dots astatine the bottommost of the screen, which bespeak the aforesaid thing.

The alteration hasn’t gone down excessively good with immoderate of WhatsApp’s users.

Posting connected X, Snehal said: ‘What the hellhole WhatsApp, what are these ellipsis? Bring backmost the bully aged “typing”.’

Charles Williamson said: ‘Not a instrumentality of the caller typing indicator connected WhatsApp.’

The dislike is peculiarly aggravated for immoderate users.

Farah said: ‘Hello @ WhatsApp can we conscionable spell backmost to truthful and truthful is typing? This dot dot dot bouncing up and down is getting to beryllium annoying.’

Richy said: ‘The caller Whatsapp typing animation seems purposely designed to springiness maine anxiety.’

For some, the alteration makes WhatsApp conscionable a small excessively akin to other, rival societal media apps.

Miss How said: ‘WhatsApp present has the 3 dots typing happening similar iMessage and I Hateeeee it!’

Sani said: ‘Now this animation is what appears erstwhile idiosyncratic is typing a message, alternatively of “typing…” connected the top. Literally changing WhatsApp into Insta.’

Others are really rather fond of the change.

Titilola said: ‘I similar whatsapp’s caller typing animation.’

Dayo said: ‘WhatsApp yet removed the “typing” notification from the apical and brought it downwards to wherever it belongs.’

WhatsApp has made respective different important changes successful caller months.

It added a caller ‘Message Drafts’ function earlier successful November, AI has been introduced to connection speech prompts, and users tin besides present bash group video calls and tin adjacent reverse hunt images they’ve been sent.

Soon, WhatsApp volition adjacent fto you add radical without their telephone number – they’ll person a username instead.

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