The chat app is now picking up animated emoji, albeit with some restrictions. Sending standard emoji is already possible in Messages. But the inclusion of animated emoji spices things up a little.

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.

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.

WhatsApp might be working on an interesting new feature for its popular chat application for desktops. The company could soon offer animated emojis on its messaging platform, so here are all the ...