WhatsApp Releases 21 New Emojis: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app owned by Meta, is releasing at least 8 custom emojis and 21 new emojis on its platform. The new emojis are now available to some beta testers who install the latest updates of WhatsApp beta for Android from the Play Store and will be available in the coming days.

“We shared information about 8 tuned emojis and 21 new emojis from Unicode 15.0. However, these 21 new emojis were not visible on the keyboard when they were developed, but it was already possible to send them using an alternative keyboard,” WhatsApp follower WABetaInfo reported.

“Finally, thanks to the latest WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.5.13 update available on the Google Play Store, some beta testers can see them using the official WhatsApp keyboard,” it said.

According to the report, it is now possible to send these 21 emojis from the latest Unicode 15.0 directly using the official WhatsApp keyboard, so you no longer need to download and use another keyboard to send them.

The introduction of the new emojis finally removes the issue that caused confusion among users as they could receive these emojis but could not send them without a solution.

Note that certain users can see these new emojis directly on the official WhatsApp keyboard even in different versions of the app, but still it is recommended to keep WhatsApp updated to the latest version to enable the feature. to your account, the report says.

At the same time, WhatsApp is also rolling out a new group chat feature on its platform. The Meta-owned application publishes a group policy to manage the acceptance of new group participants

This feature allows group admins to control how new member approval works in their groups. In particular, when the option is enabled, anyone attempting to join the group will require administrator approval.

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