WhatsApp Updates Again: New Features Coming for Message Reactions

WhatsApp is an open construction site, with periodic updates and new features that, week after week, enrich the application with the goal of providing users with an increasingly complete and satisfying experience.

Recently, a new beta version of the app for Android has hinted at a new feature for reactions that users can apply to a received message. In addition to emojis, it will also be possible to add stickers.

Let’s remember that the app has recently seen the arrival of WhatsApp Plus, a paid version with some premium functions included. The new feature related to reactions may also be launched as an exclusive function for Plus users.

Sticker Reactions Are Coming

WhatsApp users will have the ability to add new reactions using both stickers and emojis, not just emojis. The system will not change from the current one, but simply, users will have an additional option.

By holding down on a received message in a chat, it will indeed be possible to add a reaction, choosing, in addition to the classic emoji, one sticker as well. The reaction can also be double, adding both an emoji and a sticker.

WhatsApp is working on a feature to react to messages using both stickers and emojis! Following the release of the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.26.20.5 update, we discovered that WhatsApp still plans to let users react to messages using stickers in the future. Users can… Source

Nothing revolutionary, it’s clear, but it is certainly a new step forward in WhatsApp’s renewal program. The application continues to update, adding new features designed to improve the user experience.

Sticker reactions are expected to arrive in the coming weeks, once the testing phase is complete. This function will gradually be available for all versions of the app, so it will be accessible not only on Android but also on iOS and desktop versions.