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WhatsApp for iPhone May Get Ability to React to Messages With Any Emoji in the Future

WhatsApp for iPhone has been spotted working on updating message reactions on the platform by expanding the list of emojis available to react to messages. At present, WhatsApp supports a total of six emojis for reactions. The app is, however, now found to get an option to let users use any of the available emojis to react to a message. Alongside iPhone, users on Android and desktops are expected to get the ability to react to messages using a list of emojis.

According to WhatsApp beta tracker WABetaInfo, the instant messaging app owned by Facebook parent Meta is working on expanding emojis for message reactions on the iPhone. The WhatsApp for iPhone beta version 22.13.0.74 is said to have some references about the update.

WABetaInfo has also shared a couple of screenshots showing a Plus (+) button next to the six available emojis to let users pick an emoji of their choice when reacting to a message. The list that appears after pressing the dedicated button also shows Recent Reactions to let users quickly pick one of the emojis they have already used as a reaction to a message.

WhatsApp has been spotted expanding message reactions on the iPhone
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo

 

The section to choose an emoji from the available collection will be draggable and will also allow users to search for a particular emoji from a top bar, the website has reported.

WhatsApp was previously spotted working on an expanded list of message reactions on Android and desktops.

Exact details on when the reactions update will be available to users are yet to be revealed. Although WABetaInfo has cited the recent beta release, the update has not yet been beta testers.

WhatsApp introduced message reactions in May to let users quickly react to messages. It brought six emojis to express like, love, laugh, surprise, sad, and thanks.

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WhatsApp Reactions to Start Rolling Out Today, Mark Zuckerberg Reveals

WhatsApp Reactions will start rolling out today, finally seeing the instant messaging platform catch up with rivals such as Telegram and iMessage, besides productivity apps such as Slack, and even sister company Instagram. The feature will allow users to quickly react to messages with an emoji, and in the initial stage, there will be six – like, love, laugh, surprise, sad, and thanks – though in the future all emojis will be available, testing has tipped.

The Meta-owned brand made the announcement via a Instagram story by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who had last month teased the feature as coming soon in the company’s big reveal about WhatsApp Communities. As we mentioned, there will initially only be six WhatsApp Reactions, something Zuckerberg also highlighted in his story – seen below.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram Story announcing the feature’s rollout
Photo Credit: Instagram/ Mark Zuckerberg

 

A future update however, may just allow WhatsApp Reactions users to utilise any emoji, GIF, or sticker in the messenger, a recent report tipped citing evidence in a development build. The latest version spotted in testing looks set to give access to the entire emoji keyboard when users tap the plus button. For now though, the wider emoji reaction palette is not yet available even to beta testers.

The WhatsApp Reactions feature has been in testing since as far back as 2018, but initially, sticker reactions were planned, before it took something closer to its final form in testing last year. The feature has been referred to as Emoji Reactions, Message Reactions, and Quick Reactions in the past.

In its big reveal last month, WhatsApp had said Communities will bring several features over and above WhatsApp Groups, including enabling admins with new tools, such as ability to send a single message to everyone and control over which groups can be included in a particular community.

WhatsApp had also teased more upcoming updates, including increased file sharing limit (up to 2GB) and the ability to enable group audio calls for up to 32 people simultaneously, of which so far only the latter has been rolled out.



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