WhatsApp launches search bar on Android
A few days ago we talked about the visual tweaks that WhatsApp continued to apply to its version for terminals Android And, after the somewhat radical change a couple of months ago, when he finally decided to follow the lines Material Design marked by Google, where the strong, flat colors and the most marked minimalism are key, WhatsApp still needed a few more tweaks.Something that I tested in its beta or test version with the introduction of some more animation in its menus and screens, and that is now available to all users with smartphones that run on the operating system Android Of course, accompanied by a new function of what more interesting.
This is the version 2.12.158 of WhatsApp, which is already circulating for everyone through Google Play Store An update that will have caught many users by surprise, apparently not finding any remarkable news. No new privacy options, no new settings in the menu, not even theemoticons that are already known to be on their way. As was discovered several days ago, WhatsApp is improving its search tool, and this is precisely what this version brings new.
This way, more observant users will appreciate a new animation when searching for conversations. That is, by clicking on the magnifying glass icon on the main screen. Thus, instead of activating the text box to search for a specific chat, this box now descends in white from the top of the screen. An animation like the ones Material Design indicates in its style lines, making all the elements appear on the screen from somewhere, and not from nowhere.
But the most interesting thing about this search bar is precisely its functioning And it is that it no longer only allows search for chats and conversations on the main screen of the application. Now it is a much more powerful and useful search engineA tool that allows you to find a specific message through all conversations and on any day, however remote it may be.
Thus, all you have to do is write a few letters for the filter to start working, betting first on the search for conversations. However, if a word is typed, the results return different messages where those words are found. All this, yes, clearly identifying in which conversation these messages are found and to what date they belong Something like an exhaustive searchof any message to prevent it from being forgotten. A really useful tool to find information that the user thought was lost between conversations. It is enough to perform a search to use through this new bar on the main screen.
In short, a function that has only been tested for a few days in version beta, and is already available for all users of the Android platform who need to carry out a specific search for information or a message. The new version of WhatsApp can now be downloaded free throughGoogle Play
