The addition of emoji reactions is significant, but that’s not all that WhatsApp has added in recent months. As of this May, it is now possible to send files of up to 2GB in size at a time.

Of the devices available on hand, WhatsApp emoji reactions were available on the iPhone 11, Samsung Galaxy M51, and the Galaxy Note 8. Out of these, the iPhone 11 was the first to receive the feature.

WhatsApp is continuously working on new features to enhance user experience - and its latest addition is all about expressing emotions during calls.

The 'Nerd Face' emoji was approved as part of Unicode 8.0 and added to Emoji 1.0 in 2015. It traditionally showed a face with thick-rimmed glasses and buck teeth, but Google, Facebook, WhatsApp ...

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.

Meta-owned WhatsApp was founded in 2009 and was acquired by Facebook in 2014, and the messaging app has over 2 billion monthly users — so that’s a lot of emoji reactions coming to your phone.

WhatsApp’s new emoji options aren’t out of the blue. Meta brought the same feature set to its Facebook Messenger service a while ago, so it’s simply pulling both services into sync.

WhatsApp launched emoji reactions with six options just a few months ago, but it just boosted that number to the entire emoji lexicon. "We're rolling out the ability to use any emoji as a reaction ...

To use any emoji for reaction, long-press on a message, tap on the + button and pick an emoji through the full list. You’ll see the emoji you picked under the message. Image Credits: WhatsApp ...