WhatsApp reactions are yet to be enabled for users beyond a certain set of beta testers, but WhatsApp doesn’t seem happy with the final result. Works on WhatsApp, as WaBetaInfo discovered let you react with more emoji than the first six.

This information goes hand in hand with our discovery a few weeks ago that the app technically supports reactions with any emoji, even though its interface only lets you react with emojis. a closed list of six emojis.

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The current version of reactions to WhatsApp messages that we were able to test allows you to use it. six emoji: 👍, ❤️, 😂, 😯, 😢 and 🙏. What they have in common is that most of them express positive emotions other than tears, which is fine, but in the real world you also need to show your disagreement with a message and that was not possible.

Now, WaBetaInfo has discovered that WhatsApp is in preparation. a new button + in the reaction bar. While the button isn’t functional yet, it seems pretty obvious that it will allow you to react with different emojis beyond the default gold.

If we look at how the reactions are on Facebook Messenger, which is also owned by Meta, we have a good clue as to what will happen when that button is pressed. Messenger has seven default emojis to choose from and a + button. show full emoji selector.

Thus, it should be possible use any emoji to react to a message, without being limited to those six, something we’ve seen in the past is that the app supports it perfectly – with the support of external apps – even though it doesn’t have the interface to do with WhatsApp itself. Currently, the reactions are still inactive for the vast majority of users.

via | WaBetaInfo