WhatsApp

WhatsApp message reactions: whereas the app isn’t providing animated emojis, users a minimum of have the choice to react to certain messages with regular emojis.

HIGHLIGHTS

• WhatsApp is obtaining the much-awaited message reactions feature.
• The feature is presently available to pick beta testers.
• Telegram and Instagram already provide this functionality.

WhatsApp has started rolling out the message reactions feature. we’ve been hearing regarding this feature for a long time currently and one can currently finally be able to attempt it out. popular apps like telegram and Instagram already provide this functionality, and one gets to react to messages with some cool animated emojis.

While WhatsApp isn’t providing animated emojis, users a minimum of have the choice to react to sure messages with regular emojis. in order to react to messages on WhatsApp, users simply need to tap on any message and the app can show an emoji box. you’ll be able to then choose anyone of them, when that WhatsApp can stick your emoji to that message.

For now, users have gotten only six reactions, together with Like, Love, Laugh, Surprised, Sad, and Thanks. relatively, telegram provides more than 10 emojis. those that have used Instagram’s DM section for chatting might need noticed that the app offers unlimited emojis that one will add to the default list of emojis.

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The Meta-owned company took its own sweet time to roll out the message reactions feature. Though, it’s still not releasing the feature to any or all the users. it’s being unrolled to pick beta testers, however a stable rollout of the same is expected to happen within the coming months.

It is presently unknown whether or not WhatsApp is giving the feature for each group and individual chats or only 1 of them are getting it. alternative apps do provide the message reactions feature for all the chats. If you’re an android beta tester, then you’ll be able to try the feature within the 2.22.8.3 version of WhatsApp.

Apart from this feature, WhatsApp has also rolled out the stable version of the multi-device feature and it’s not accessible within the beta mode. the earlier version had some bugs and had problems with syncing up all the chats across devices. the most recent update should fix that and currently you may be able to simply use WhatsApp on totally different devices while not linking it to your primary device. Though, one will initially be needed to use their primary device to access it on any device, once that one won’t need to repeat the same method. The multi-device feature is visible within the settings menu > joined devices.