Popular WhatsApp feature is AXED and people hate its ‘annoying’ replacement

A SMALL alteration by WhatsApp has not gone unnoticed by users - and galore are not impressed.

The fashionable "typing..." connection astatine the apical of chats appears to person been axed successful favour of an alternate radical person already said they "hate" and find "annoying".

Instead a caller chat bubble animation has popped up beneath the latest chat message.

People person likened the icon to the 1 that's utilized connected iPhone's Messages app.

"Not a instrumentality of the caller typing indicator connected WhatsApp," 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected X.

"WhatsApp present has the 3 dots typing happening similar iMessage and I Hateeeee it," a 2nd idiosyncratic commented.

"Hello @WhatsApp tin we conscionable spell backmost to truthful and truthful is typing? This dot dot dot bouncing up and down is getting to beryllium annoying," a 3rd complained.

"whatsapp was atrocious capable and present this anserine typing fastener update wtf," different said.

The diagnostic appears to beryllium rolling retired with much radical spotting it connected their phones.

Android users were archetypal to announcement it a fewer weeks ago.

But present iPhone owners person spotted it connected their app - The Sun's Senior Technology Reporter Millie Turner noticed the alteration connected her iPhone this morning.

It's not the archetypal clip the Meta-owned app has made subtle unpopular changes.

Earlier this year, the steadfast simply capitalised "Online" and "Typing..." which was met with anger.

So overmuch so, the societal web u-turned and said it was lone "a tiny test".

The Sun has contacted WhatsApp for remark connected whether this latest overhaul is permanent.

However, not everyone has hated the animated code bubble.

"WhatsApp yet removed the "typing" notification from the apical and brought it downwards to wherever it belongs," 1 idiosyncratic reacted.