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.

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.

Those emoji are said to have small file sizes and to be scalable without losing image quality. An animated emoji feature is unlikely to lead to an influx of new users by itself, but it could make ...

Besides animated emoji, there are other new features that WhatsApp has been working on. For example, the platform is experimenting with short video messages – another feature that already exists ...

But animated emoji are not calm. They’re distracting, especially in a Teams app that Microsoft encourages us to leave open and in focus as a communications tool.

WhatsApp introduced large animated "beating" heart emoji to some iOS users in beta testing back in January. However, the feature was disabled within a few weeks of that testing due to reasons best ...

If you send more than one emoji in the same message, though, the animation won’t appear. And, of course, these animations will only appear for your recipient if they’re also using Google Messages.

Google has now announced a new set of emoji coming to Android, Chrome, and elsewhere and some of those will reportedly be animated. That’s based on recent news stemming from Google’s announcement.

You'd think that with thousands of official emoji on our devices, I'd be able to find one for any mood or expression. And yet quite often I can't find the one I'm looking for, such as french toast ...

Emoji have become a core part of how we communicate, and today, Google has a few announcements, including Unicode 15 emoji additions, animated versions of Android’s emoji, and more.