While WhatsApp has long offered a search option in the chat info screen, the app is now working on a faster way to access it directly from a conversation. WhatsApp works on a faster search flow on iOSAs WhatsApp users probably know, there are two main ways to search for past messages in the app. From WABetaInfo:The new search button does not sit permanently at the bottom of the screen. When users scroll up to see older messages, the search button appears at the bottom of the screen. The site notes that the in-chat search tool returns the same results as the search option currently available in the chat info screen.