The WhatsApp development team is at full capacity in December. A few days ago we showed you the new interface for voice calls which was being tested in the beta version of the app. An interface completely in line with the design changes that WhatsApp has been offering us for a few months. Two new features were introduced in the latest beta update for the messaging app: the animation of all hearts emoji whatever its color and the new function for react to messages with emojis.
WhatsApp tests reaction to messages as next big feature
The news reaches the public beta of WhatsApp even during the Christmas holidays, as they comment on WABetaInfo. The new update incorporates two new features. In the first place, the widespread animation of hearts emoji of all colors. So far only the red heart has been animated simulating a constant beating when we send it to any chat. However, the rest of the hearts of the other colors were not animated and remained small and motionless. This new update includes animations for all of these color variations.
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The other novelty is a function known on other platforms: reaction to messages. Thanks to this new function, users of a group they can react with emojis to a certain message. For now, the number of responsive emojis is limited to 6. However, it is clear that this feature will have a lot of future and the number of emojis will be increased as it progresses. In the functions menu we can see which emojis were selected and which people in the group reacted to each one.
These functions as they say are only available on iOS and in the beta version of WhatsApp. It is likely that in the next few months we will see them on our screens. However, there is still a long way to go for Mark Zuckerberg’s company to polish all the details and decide to launch the functions publicly, globally and officially.
