Emoji reaction function on messages in whatsapp – which has been in beta testing since March – is now available to all users.

The update was released this Thursday (05) and the CEO TargetMark Zuckerberg announced this on his official account. facebook.

New REACT feature for WhatsApp

The functionality will allow users of the messaging app to use emoji to respond to messages in conversations, whether in groups or privately – similar to what is already happening on Instagram, another company of the Meta group. Initially, only the emoji shown in Zuckerberg’s post will be allowed, but more reactions will be added to the emoji catalog in the future.

The six initial responses are: thumbs up, heart, crying with laughter, fear, sadness, and gratitude. The user selects the post they want to react to and selects one of the emojis that best reflects their emotions about the post.

Will Cathcart, CEO of Whatsapp, posted an example video on his Facebook account. twitter so users can see what the new functionality will look like.

The feature has been long awaited by all app users who have been asking for it for a long time. It has been in development for seven months and will allow you to respond not only to text messages, but also to links, photos and videos.

This feature will display a count of the number of reactions to a post and use the preview animation to determine who is responsible for the emoji sent.

Already available on Instagram — as noted above — reactions were also already implemented in December 2021 on rival messaging app Telegram.

The reactions are part of the updates announced by WhatsApp in early April; In addition, voice calls for up to 32 people, file sharing up to 2 GB, and, in the future, WhatsApp communities will be available.

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Via: Mobile World