Back to Android after IOS

You mean for SMS? You can't do that for SMS. That's a feature only available for online chatting (iPhone uses iMessage so it's technically online). Viber has that feature, as well as several chat apps that use the internet

 

I think on Hangouts you can see it but as chan says, not for actual SMS, i think thats impossible on any phone :thumbup:

 

For it to work the person on the other end would need to be using a compatible program.

It's sort of like 15 or so years ago, when a friend mentioned she wanted a video phone so she could see who she was calling, and I let her know the other side would need to have a video phone too.

 

Whatsapp does this

 

I can see the other person typing when using WhatsApp and only on non-group messages.

Different third party messaging apps may do this, but only if you are all using that particular proprietary messaging app. Apple uses iMessage and if you are communicating with someone else using iMessage, you can see the typing status. If you use iMessage to communicate via SMS to someone not using iMessage for SMS, you cannot see if the other person is typing.

 

I think the thing people should understand is that SMS is different from instant messaging. Sms is the same thing thats been around since long before smartphones, it isnt live and doesnt use the internet, it just sends a short message.
IM like imessage, whatsapp, kik, hangouts etc are live and connected and need the internet to work :thumbup:

 

Congratulations mate :beer::beer:

 

Use whatsapp

 

Just thought I'd add that me and one of me pals use gmail chat on PCs but can also use it on our phones using hangouts and you see see what the other person is typing.Also this does not use txt allowance as it's an Internet chat system

HTH