Users Can Now Enjoy WhatsApp Reaction Emoji Feature

Meta-owned WhatsApp is now finally rolling out the much-awaited Reactions feature on its instant messaging platform.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed this via his Instagram handle. The company also revealed a list of new features that it was planning to release.

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WhatsApp’s sister company, Instagram, already offers this feature to allow users to quickly react to messages with emojis.

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In addition to this, a future update could also let users use GIFs or stickers in the messaging app, apart from emojis.

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Other messaging apps such as Telegram, iMessage, and even messengers already have this feature.

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WhatsApp is also expanding the group size limit to 512 members up from the previous 256.

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