WhatsApp is adding Emoji reactions and a Manual Language Change

Meta-owned WhatsApp messenger is getting new features like Message Reactions and a language picker. The former is something borrowed from the company’s sister concern Instagram. These emoji reactions would supposedly work just like the Instagram DM reactions and may have the same 6 default emojis to choose from. The options include thumbs up, heart, laughter, shocked face, crying, and folded hands. We share a thumbs-up reaction to WABetaInfo who is the source of this revelation. Also speaking of options, you may soon get to pick the default language within WhatsApp. So, if you are not comfortable with English, you could choose the one you prefer to read all text in the app interface. 

WhatsApp Message Reactions: How they would work

 

WhatsApp Emoji Message Reactions | Leaked by WABetaInfo​

Starting WhatsApp beta on Android version 2.22.8.3, the messaging app gets emoji reactions. Here’s how that works:

You just have to long-press a received message. A pill-shaped banner will hover over the message with these 6 emoji choices: thumbs up, laughter, heart, crying, shocked face, and folded hands. Tap on the one who you want to react with and voila, that will be shown as your reaction to the message.

This is a very convenient way to interact with messages as you can convey the emotion without finding words or ways to phrase a feeling.

Well, it’s not just a WhatsApp Android feature as its iOS and web counterparts also have shown hints of emoji reaction coming to them. For example, earlier this year, a WhatsApp iOS beta version had one toggle to enable/disable “Reaction Notifications”.

Now, another WhatsApp feature that some of us would like to have is the ability to set our preferred language in the app.

WhatsApp App Language Picker | Leaked by WABetaInfo​

As you can see in the above screenshot, the WhatsApp language picker would be preset within Settings by the name, “App Language” and offer a list of languages to pick from. 

In related news, WhatsApp is also bringing multi-device support, and a global voice note player to the stable releases soon. 

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