WhatsApp will allow the use of avatars within the messaging app, an innovation the company is currently working on, and will have an editing tool so the user can customize their own avatars.

“A new way to be yourself on WhatsApp” is what Meta proposes for the introduction of avatars in the instant messaging app, as these characters can replace the user’s face during video calls.

The company has been working on its app for months. At the end of June, the first contact with this innovation appeared in the beta version of Android – a button for switching from real image to avatar in video calls.

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Version 2.22.16.11 of the Android beta now allows users to view the avatar editor page, where users can customize their own avatar and show an example of these digital items with a design very similar to Facebook avatars. By the WABetaInfo portal.

Avatars can be sent as stickers or stickers to people in chats, as well as on Facebook and Messenger, and are expected to be available in the iOS app as well, although they now appear in the Android beta.