Now in the popular messenger you can respond to messages in chats with emoticons, which will show your attitude to these messages. The launch of the new Reactions feature was announced on Twitter by WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart.
New feature is now available for everyone, just update your app to the latest version.
You can choose between:
- Thumbs-up
- Heart
- Crying with laughter
- Surprised face
- Sad, crying face
- Thanks
For the first time, new feature was announced in mid-April.
We’re excited to announce that reactions are coming to WhatsApp starting with … and with all emojis and skin-tones to come. pic.twitter.com/086JnVS5Ey
— Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) April 14, 2022
At the same time, WhatsApp announced the ability to send files up to 2 GB in size and an increase in the number of participants in audio calls up to 32 people, and also revealed communities designed to unite chat groups around a single topic.