WhatsApp Just Launched Design Changes And New Fun Features For Chats

WhatsApp has just unveiled its latest release, with new features and design upgrades focused on making chats more fun and more creative. Here’s what’s coming.

WhatsApp New Features: Camera Effects

Recently, the company introduced special effects in video calls and now there are new special effects in chats. WhatsApp says, “You loved the effects we launched on video calls last year. Now, when you take and send a video or photo in your chats, you can choose from the same 30 backgrounds, filters and effects to transform your shots.”

Changing backgrounds is a neat way to get attention for what you’re posting in chats, so making your images and videos more eye-catching can be great. Just don’t overdo it is my advice.

WhatsApp New Features: Selfie Stickers

If you can’t get enough of looking at yourself, you can now create custom stickers which are based on your own self-portrait. You do this busing the Create Sticker option and a camera icon will appear. Take a selfie and you can create a custom sticker from that. Note that while this new feature is already available on Android, it’s not yet on the iPhone but is coming soon.

WhatsApp New Features: Sticker Pack Sharing

If you come across a sticker pack that you like, you can now share it with someone else who you think would like it, too. This is easily done by sharing directly in your chats.

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WhatsApp New Features: Quicker Reactions

Well, I don’t know about you but I could certainly do with quicker reactions in almost every situation. So, any improvement is a good start, even if it’s just part of WhatsApp. Simply double-tap on a message and you can react quickly. This is a good improvement and makes it simple to scroll through the reactions you use the most.