WhatsApp could soon gain support for animated emoji
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- 18 Apr 2023
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Just another way to express yourself on the platform
WhatsApp allows you to express yourself using emoji, GIFs, stickers, and reactions. The Meta-owned messaging platform keeps adding new emoji characters, so you are never short of finding the right emoji to show your emotions. You can even create your own WhatsApp emoji stickers for that personalized touch. But WhatsApp wants you to express yourself in an even better way, which is why it is working on bringing animated emoji to its platform.
WABetaInfo has spotted WhatsApp working on animated emoji in the latest beta release of its desktop app. WhatsApp was found working on a beating heart emoji reaction in June 2022, signaling this improvement to emoji has been under development for quite a while now.
The publication notes the animated emojis are made using Lottie, an animation file format that's space efficient and optimized for mobile devices. This is important since WhatsApp is used by over a billion people worldwide across a range of smartphones with varying amounts of RAM and storage. It would not want to introduce a feature that negatively affects the app's performance on low-end devices.
For now, there's no option to disable emoji animations in WhatsApp. It is also unclear whether the company even intends to provide this option. Read More…
