Just less than a month ago WhatsApp rolled out their new status functionality – which caused quite a stir, as it bears quite a resemblance to Snapchat’s Stories feature. However, that was at the expense of the much loved text statuses – which, to be honest, was quite the statement for our era. I mean, remember all the statuses and fancy wordings you could do in IM?

According to a Tech Crunch report, the text status has been spotted on the Android Beta version, which was later confirmed by WhatsApp stating that “About Status will roll out to all Android users over the next week and is coming soon to iPhone. Users can open the About section of their profile to set a text Status, and view other people’s by opening their contact when starting a new chat thread or looking at group chat info.”

WhatsApp released a statement noting “We heard from our users that people missed the ability to set a persistent text-only update in their profile, so we’ve integrated this feature into the ‘About’ section in profile settings. Now, the update will appear next to profile names anytime you view contacts, such as when creating a new chat or looking at Group info. At the same time, we’re continuing to build on the new Status feature that gives people fun and engaging ways to share photos, videos and GIFs with their friends and family throughout their day. ”