WhatsApp users hate new ‘vertigo’-inducing messaging animation — here’s how to disable

WhatsApp users are ripping the popular messaging platform over an irritating new animation that they claim is giving them “vertigo.” Previously, all sent correspondence would simply pop up on screen. However, the Meta-owned app, which boasts billions of users worldwide, quietly revamped the feature so that now messages swoop in from the right with a swish animation.
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WhatsApp users are ripping the popular messaging platform over an irritating new animation that they claim is giving them “vertigo.” Previously, all sent correspondence would simply pop up on screen. However, the Meta-owned app, which boasts billions of users worldwide, quietly revamped the feature so that now messages swoop in from the right with a swish animation. While this tweak might seem fairly innocuous, the message makeover didn’t sit well with WhatsApp devotees, who deemed it dizzying and obnoxious. “WhatsApp’s new message delivery animation on iOS makes me wanna puke,” decried one disgruntled user on X.
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- WhatsApp users are ripping the popular messaging platform over an irritating new animation that they claim is giving them “vertigo.” Previously, all sent correspondence would simply pop up on screen. However, the Meta-owned app, which boasts billions of users worldwide, quietly revamped the feature so that now messages swoop in from the right with a swish animation.
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WhatsApp users hate new ‘vertigo’-inducing messaging animation — here’s how to disable
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