Type and Fade User Feedback with jQuery

I wanted to add just a bit of whimsy to a recent project so I made the user feedback from an AJAX call get typed out instead of simply fading in. You can use the jQuery function below by calling it with a selector and a message as the second parameter. It will clear the selector of any previous text and then type the response it then fade it out over a few seconds.

function typeAndFade(selector, newText, typingSpeed = 50, fadeDuration = 5000) {
    const $el = $(selector);
    $el.empty(); // Clear existing content

    let i = 0;
    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      $el.append(newText.charAt(i));
      i++;
      if (i >= newText.length) {
        clearInterval(interval);
        // Wait a moment, then fade out
        setTimeout(() => {
          $el.fadeOut(fadeDuration);
        }, 800); // small delay before fade
      }
    }, typingSpeed);
  }

typeAndFade('#selector', 'Message');