WhatsApp adding its own emoji to its iOS app The latest beta version of WhatsApp for iPhone, which is available through TestFlight, introduces some animated emoji that replace Apple’s emoji on iOS.

Besides animated emoji, there are other new features that WhatsApp has been working on. For example, the platform is experimenting with short video messages – another feature that already exists ...

Message effects are another way of jazzing up a dull message, accessible on an iPhone or iPad by tapping and holding the blue ...

WhatsApp introduced large animated "beating" heart emoji to some iOS users in beta testing back in January. However, the feature was disabled within a few weeks of that testing due to reasons best ...

Google has now announced a new set of emoji coming to Android, Chrome, and elsewhere and some of those will reportedly be animated. That’s based on recent news stemming from Google’s announcement.

Animated emoji are reportedly on the way to beta versions of the mobile apps too. Meta declined to comment. WhatsApp seems to be using the Lottie library of animated emoji.

Apple's Animoji are custom, animated versions of popular emoji characters. The feature uses Apple's Face ID facial-recognition system to create 3D emoji that mirror your own facial expressions ...

However, it’s highly likely that animated emoji will be available on all version of WhatsApp when released. WABetaInfo also has noted some minor improvements are arriving for the contact view ...