The "search" function in What´s App disappeared. Oppo F9, all software updated

[Android Central Question]

Example:

When responding on WA, if I type "water" the emoticon of water would appear
When typing "drum" a drum would appear
When typing "coco" a coconut would appear

Now WECHAT / GOOGLE style emoticons appear and not the "search" function in the WA, but the GOOGLE search.
I´m not interested in the google search or WECHAT look a like emoticons

Anyone...

 

[SpookDroid]

Did you change keyboards? This is NOT a Whatsapp feature, it's a keyboard one.