Sequoia 15.1 is slows iMessage & WhatsApp keyboard input

I have these issues across all messaging apps including iMessage, ConnectTeam and Whatsapp. The lag makes text entry almost unbearable. I often have to write a message in an email draft and paste it in to the messaging app. 2020 M1 MBP with 16GB RAM. It started with Sequoia .0 and stayed the same with .1

Stopping real time protraction with Sophos improved (not completely) Whatsapp and iMessage but not ConnectTeam

Hello!

I'm having the same issue, I'm using a workaround that might work for you:

On Safari, open web.whatsapp.com and link your WhatsApp there.

Then, on the "share" button on Safari's bar select: "Add to dock"

Then you have a Whatsapp white and green icon that opens Whatsapp web but pretty much looks like the app and it's not laggy :)

Hope it helps!

Hello everyone.

Many of you are angry at Apple about this, but you shouldn’t be. I, speaking as a software developer, have seen these bugs come out of (seemingly) literally nowhere!

If you want Apple to know about these issues, submit a bug report on the Apple feedback page.

Also, this is probably the WhatsApp developer’s problem, not Apple’s. They probably have a compatibility issue that causes it to run slower in Sequoia. I suggest that you contact those developers about this issue too.

I hope this helps!

Hi Carsten,

I also have the same problem as you (MB-pro M1-pro). I restarted the Mac and it seems to improve the situation. I hope I can help you

This is interesting because it's now three messaging platforms (Messages, Whatsapp, ConnectTeam) that have lag due to real-time file scanning. Signal is not affected by the issue. It begs the question of the difference in writing to local files between the apps.

I've been experiencing this exact problem since updating to Sequoia (currently on 15.1.1) from 14xx and haven't found any fix yet. I've been in contact with Apple Support over it and have followed their entire troubleshooting process all the way down to reinstalling the OS but none of it worked.

I wish Apple would get this sorted out already. Crazy frustrating.

I have two almost identical M2 Macbook Airs. One is for work and one is my personal machine. The work machine is very laggy in WhatsApp, but my personal machine is not. As I read here, others have pointed at antivirus apps being an issue. My work machine uses Bitwarden (installed by my employer), so maybe that is the cause of the issue.

Yes, exactly. This (solution) has been known but nobody could post the solution because posts about 15.2 were deleted until its public release. Yeah for 15.2. 👍

Disabling my antivirus and firewall did not help the typing delay issue in Messages. The issue does not occur in Signal, so it appears to be limited to Messages and WhatsApp.

This is getting really frustrating. I sure hope 15.2 includes a fix. Whatever the bug, it only started with 15.1. It was not present with 15.0.

Honestly I'm already getting burnt out from this horrible update!

This is my first time using macOS, it's been two weeks since I bought my macbook air 13 m1.

After activating it I immediately upgraded from ventura to 15.1.

I thought macos is a very stable yay floating system, however not so.

It all started when I noticed slow scrolling in the system settings, when the left side of the system scrolls smoothly and the right side just jerks horribly. Twitchy scrolling also applies to the notification center.

And now I opened whatsapp for work and saw this jerky scrolling and delay.

It's good that such applications are practically few, which work so badly and have not yet been adapted to the new macOS.

But nevertheless it's very frustrating for me, I'm waiting for a fix for these problems to appear.

I wanted to roll back to the recommended sonoma, but since it's my first time using macos I'm afraid to roll back the system.

I can confirm this is happening to me as well. MacOS Sequoia 15.1.1 causes an extremely laggy typing experience in messaging apps such as WhatsApp.

It is discouraging that this was reported almost a month ago and still has not been fixed.

I've had a similar issue typing into forms in Safari. I finish typing and wait for the screen to finish displaying what I typed. I get the same slow down with drop down lists. It isn't the only problem I'm experiencing with the OS, so I have had to wipe and downgrade. It was literally crippling me in the workplace. What ever happened to 'it just works'? I've been a Mac user since 10.4 Tiger.

Though reporting a bug is good advice, please note that at least some of us (me) have this issue with iMessage and don't even have WhatsApp, nor are we running any anti-virus software. The issue is more fundamental than a "WhatsApp developer's problem".

Disabling Apple Inteligence made no difference to me. Nor unchecking "Enable messages in iCloud". I've also tried logging off iCloud and logging back in. Nothing worked so far.