“He writes…”

It will change due to a notification in the chat itselfwith some ellipses as the main actor. It’s basically the same as how Messenger or Imessage tell us what someone is typing in chat.

A new way to know if they’re writing

Whatsapp’s “Written by…” means the difference when you feel like someone has written a reply to your message or needs to reach out to you at some point (unless you regret it). For all these years, the WhatsApp typing prompt has always been public (cannot be disabled) and shown in the top barbelow the person or group’s name.

WhatsApp is now trying to recycle the callsigns of Facebook Messenger and many other apps that are displayed in the chat itself. chat bubble with ellipses mutating the message when it is finally sent. We were able to see what these new reading indicators look like thanks to Wabetainfo, which claims that they are already active for some beta users.

In groupsWe will see the profile photos of all people who write at the same time as the authors of the balloon as text with ‘…’.

Additionally, we could see that the same thing was true. “recording audio…”it will become a microphone icon in the chat itself rather than hiding in the top bar. These new call signs are expected to reach everyone in the coming weeks. In the meantime, you have time to say goodbye to “writing”.

Via and cover image | WaBetaInfo

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