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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...