Although when we talk about services like WhatsApp, we refer to them as instant messaging because messages can be sent and received virtually instantly, This does not necessarily mean that conversations always follow this assumption.. Depending on many reasons, the conversation can last hours or even days (for example, if the person who has to answer is a bit of a disaster in this regard).

So I have long felt that if a serious study were done on the time people spend watching the WhatsApp screen and waiting for a reply, we would find that this time well spent, would be enough to solve all the great mysteries of mankind. And yes, I admit that I too have found myself on the list of people who have spent more time than they care to admit over the years staring at a screen waiting for an answer.

As a small but valuable service contribution to this very common user profile, there has been a feature for years that shows at the top of the conversation text “Writing” or “Recording sound”when the other person effectively performs the operation specified in the said message. As I say, it’s not an excellent technological marvel, but it’s a feature we appreciate especially when we’re waiting for a response.

Well, as we can read in WABetaInfo, Meta seems to be aware of the value that users place on this feature and therefore decided to improve it. So, WhatsApp will now display this information integrated into the conversation itselfinstead of being placed at the top. The tool thus adopts the system used by other services of this type, which facilitates the quick localization of this information.

Of course, we are not talking about a big change, an exceptional improvement, but it is true that it is a small facilitator that will probably be thought about and re-evaluated before it is implemented. Who It reminded me of one of those Google experimentse, which was eventually discarded. I’m referring to Wave, a live collaboration platform that, in its instant messaging feature, allowed you to see what the other person was typing while they were typing. That would be sensational news in that sense, although I don’t think many would like it.