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It simply means they are typing a reply, but not necessarily to you.
It simply means they are typing a reply, but not necessarily to you.
Yeah, I've always thought it only active when it was a message you were involved with, not just ANY time someone was typing.
I don't know of any. Just my experience. On several occasions while texting my wife and kids, I'd see the 3 dots that are associated with a reply, and after a short time, the dots disappear without me receiving a reply. Then when I tell them that I didn't get their reply, they'd say that they were texting someone else.Wait... Really? That's what it means? Is there a source for this information?
So did I until I began experiencing the things I mentioned above.Yeah, I've always thought it only active when it was a message you were involved with, not just ANY time someone was typing.
I thought so too until I experienced the things I mentioned above.I really think the three dots only apply to the conversation it's in. Not just in general.
You are correct. It does indeed mean that the recipient is in the process of replying, but my aforementioned experiences did happen and still happens on occasion.It is my understanding that the other person is physical typing a reply. I know my wife will take quite awhile to type her whole message and seems like forever until it actually gets to my phone. When this does happen, the message comes through as green (SMS) rather than iMessage. iMessage seems to be down a lot.
That's interesting. I always thought the dots meant the person was typing a reply.