For some time now, Meta’s most famous instant messaging company, WhatsApp, has implemented some cool new features in its app. If not so long ago we were talking about the communities that are beginning to unfold in many territories, now WhatsApp announces two new features: Avatars (in pure Meta style, the ones we already have on Facebook and Instagram) and the possibility of using other applications while we are using the video call (something many of us have been waiting for and seems basic after being a user of FaceTime and other apps).
Regarding the first of the news, WhatsApp formalizes the arrival of avatars on its application. These avatars, like the Memoji, are customizable people with expressiveness to be able to use them as an “emoji” and show a reaction (initially we will have 36 different possibilities to cry or laugh, to be pensive or to wink). eye) to a message. or to be able to use it as a profile picture in the app itself. What an avatar of a life. The appearance of these avatars is similar to what Meta has previously introduced on Instagram or Facebook, so it will look quite familiar to us.
The customization possibilities do not vary much from Memojis except that WhatsApp avatars have a whole body to customize with different outfits (remember Memoji only leave us with head props or torso modifications). This is in line with Meta’s vision for the future to include this type of avatar in the Metaverse, so We wouldn’t be surprised if one of the ways Zuckerberg intends to monetize WhatsApp is by selling ‘Skins’. in true Fortnite style for their mid-range avatars.
To find out if this feature is already available on your devices, you just need to You will need to go to WhatsApp settings and under your profile picture a menu should appear to change the avatar. There you can customize yours and start using it to react to stories, messages or to have a new profile picture and Christmas (due to the dates we are on, it will need to be customized that way).
On the other hand, we have the novelty of being able to use other applications while making video calls. As they were able to report from WAbetainfo, The new beta version for iOS 22.24.0.79 already includes the possibility of calling a contact by video and being able to have the PiP screen while we browse any other application on our device. Without a doubt, this is a total change in the usability of the application, since it will make it much more versatile and it will not block the use of our device if we want to continue the call.
The WhatsApp guys seem to be pulling themselves together (again) and We hope to see this news and many more in the short and medium term. Surely they continue to improve an application that, compared to the competition, still has a long way to go (although there is no one to beat them in user numbers).
