WhatsApp backtracks on a subtle change that included capital letters, while assuring furious users that it is “now back to normal”.

WhatsApp made headlines this week after users noticed a subtle change within the app.

‘Online’ and ‘Typing’ (words displayed under the other user’s name in their chats) had changed from having lowercase first letters to a capital ‘O’ and a capital ‘T’.

While this sounds pretty minor, many users were unhappy with this, with one stating that it “hurt my soul.”

If you were bothered by the capital letters, there is good news: WhatsApp has confirmed that it is reversing the change.

“This was just a small test, but it is now returning to normal,” a spokesperson said.

The subtle change was introduced to the iOS and Android WhatsApp apps last week.

While WhatsApp did not formally announce it, it attracted a lot of attention on social media.

On It’s a capital “T.”

“Just a different capital letter, but I hate it so much.”

Another added: “Does anyone else really, certainly irrationally, hate WhatsApp for adding a capital letter to the start of Online & Typing?”

And one expressed: ‘Has anyone else noticed that WhatsApp changed the writing and online part at the top and made it capitalized?

“Making my eye twitch.”

Initially, the change seemed to be there to stay, with no option available within WhatsApp settings to revert to the previous lowercase version.

However, WhatsApp has now confirmed that the old lowercase letters have returned to the app once again.

The change comes shortly after WhatsApp launched four new text formatting options. to facilitate user communication.

These are the bulleted list, the numbered list, the block quote, and the inline code.

These new options are in addition to the bold, italic, strikethrough, and monospace options already available.