Popular messaging app WhatsApp announced today that it has launched the long-awaited feature to respond to messages with emojis. According to the explanations, users will now be able to react to messages with six emojis.
The world’s most popular messaging app. WhatsApp, is trying to improve the messaging experience of its users with the new features it offers. One of them was the feature of reacting to the messages we shared with you in the past weeks. The giant platform started testing this feature, which is similar to another popular messaging application Telegram, in certain users.
After months of testing, today there has been an important development about the feature. In the news, the platform connected to Meta, ‘Reactions’ It was stated that it started to use the highly anticipated brand new feature called the name.
It has become possible to react to messages with emojis
The announcement was first made by Meta CEO. Mark Zuckerberg It should be noted that by In a post on Facebook, Zuckerberg said, “‘Reactions’ that will allow you to react to messages with emojis on Whatsapp is available today” Using his expressions, he officially announced that the long-awaited feature has arrived.
Let’s talk briefly about the new feature offered to Android and iOS users. ‘Reactions’ allows you to react to your messages on the platform with emojis. Messages only for now 6 pieces It is also among the explanations that you can react using emoji. In addition, WhatsApp shared a few important notes about the feature, which is very similar to the one on Instagram, with users;
- You can only add one to messages
- Reactions on disappearing messages will also disappear with the message.
- It will not be possible to hide the reactions and their number
In addition, it is among the news that all emojis will be made available for the reaction feature in the near future. Finally, it should be noted that the feature is available today, but it may not have reached all users yet. Making the feature available to everyone several days; even a few weeks can be said to be found.
How to use
WhatsApp also shared information about how the ‘Reactions’ feature is used. To use the new feature according to the explanations;
- Press and hold the message you want to react to
- After that, you need to choose the emoji you want.