In mid-February, WhatsApp developers removed text statuses from the application and replaced them with new ones - with photos, videos and animated pictures. However, recently in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android, the old feature appeared again.

A representative of the company told TechCrunch that in the coming weeks the text status will again be available to all Android users, and also appear on the iPhone. Messages that other users will be able to see when viewing someone's contacts can be written through profile settings.

"Our users began to tell us that people do not have the ability to set permanent text updates in their profiles, so we integrated this feature into the" About Contact "section of the profile settings," WhatsApp said..

- Now the update will be displayed next to the profile name each time you view the contact - for example, when creating a new chat or viewing group information. At the same time, we continue to develop new statuses that give people fun and exciting opportunities to share photos, videos and GIF animations with their friends and family throughout the day ".

The new WhatsApp statuses were not accepted by users as warmly as it did with Snapchat and other services that copied the function. Probably, it happened partly because in the messenger the innovation is in a separate tab, and not in a more prominent place.