WhatsApp has long offered a search option in the chat info screen, but the app is now working on a faster way to access it directly from a conversation. As spotted by WABetaInfo, the latest WhatsApp build available on TestFlight includes references to a search button that will appear in the bottom-right corner of the screen when the user starts scrolling back through the chat history.

The new search button does not sit permanently at the bottom of the screen. It only appears when users scroll up through the conversation. This is the same behavior as the button that lets users jump back to the latest message. It shows up contextually, but only when it is useful.

When users scroll up to see older messages, the search button appears at the bottom of the screen. Once users return to the bottom of the conversation, the button disappears again. The in-chat search tool returns the same results as the search option currently available in the chat info screen, but the new button should make searching faster as users will no longer need to leave the conversation.

The button isn’t yet available to beta testers. It remains under development and is expected to roll out in a future TestFlight update ahead of an official release.