The instant messaging app is set to totally unleash message reactions by letting you use any emoji.
At the beginning of May, WhatsApp inaugurated with great fanfare several new features for users on iOS and Android. In the program, WhatsApp inaugurated the possibility of sending files of up to 2 GB and increased the maximum number of members of a group to 512. After several months of testing, the application also introduced reactions to messages in the form of emojis for all messaging users. Until now, the application allowed the use of six proposed reactions to express a feeling with regard to a message received: the thumbs up, the heart, the hilarious, surprised and sad faces, as well as the “High Five “. But WhatsApp has obviously planned to go further with the existing reaction system.
Generally very well informed, the WABetaInfo site today reveals that WhatsApp is about to extend reactions to other emojis. Instant messaging has just deployed to some users of the beta version of its application, a + button located to the right of the existing emojis, allowing you to access and select any emojis available on your smartphone. The feature would currently only be accessible on versions stamped 2.22.15.6 or 2.22.15.7 of WhatsApp beta. It will undoubtedly take a few more weeks or even a few months for the functionality to be deployed on a large scale for all users of the stable version of the application.
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WABetaInfo