WhatsApp for Desktop May Soon Get a Message Reactions Feature

WhatsApp message reactions have been noticed in growth on the desktop beta, suggesting the Meta-owned immediate messaging service may launch the function in an upcoming replace. Message reactions enable customers to shortly assign an emoji “reaction” to a message, and are supported on many in style massaging apps, together with Facebook and Instagram, additionally owned by Meta. Meanwhile, WhatsApp can also be engaged on a brand new shortcut to edit recipients when posting a brand new Status replace, permitting customers to specify the viewers for every replace. There is not any phrase on when these options might be out there to all customers.

According to a WhatsApp Desktop beta screenshot shared by WhatsApp options tracker WABetaInfo, the platform seems to be engaged on including message reactions help to the desktop app. The function is just not presently out there for beta testers as it’s nonetheless below growth, in keeping with the tracker. Spotted first in August 2021, message reactions for WhatsApp have reportedly been in growth on Android and iOS for months and glimpses of the function have additionally surfaced on-line.

The screenshot of the message reactions function reveals the message response button within the type of an emoji icon, subsequent to a message in a chat on WhatsApp Desktop beta. According to WABetaInfo, this button will solely seem when shifting the cursor over a message. Clicking the response button will show a row of six emoji, which may be chosen to react to the message. The thumbs up, purple coronary heart, face with tears of pleasure, shocked face, crying face, and folded arms emoji are proven within the screenshot. Meanwhile Instagram and rival messaging service Signal supply the power to react with any emoji.

WhatsApp could let customers choose the viewers for Status updates whereas in any chat
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo

In December, WhatsApp was spotted engaged on updating the caption bar, permitting customers to pick out completely different recipients for a picture or video whereas inside a WhatsApp chat, or share it as a Status replace. The messaging service is now engaged on enhancing the power to share a picture as a Status with a brand new privateness shortcut, in keeping with a report by the function tracker.

Users who click on a picture and faucet the Status button from inside a WhatsApp chat, may even have the ability to see and choose the viewers for that Status earlier than posting it. These embrace three choices: My contacts, My contacts besides, and Only share with…, in keeping with a screenshot shared by the function tracker.

While the message reactions function for the desktop app and the brand new privateness shortcut for Status updates had been noticed on beta variations of WhatsApp Desktop and WhatsApp for Android, respectively, these options are presently below growth. This signifies that customers won’t be able to entry them till they’re enabled first within the beta variations of the app, and in a while the secure channel. WhatsApp is but to announce particulars of each options.