A new feature is coming to WhatsApp that will allow you to send a lot more animated stickers. Here’s how they work!
WhatsApp gets update
WhatsApp has announced a new update! The new version adds many more animated stickers to WhatsApp. It is already possible to send animated GIF files via the app, but now stickers are also being added. Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, has announced that animated stickers from Giphy are being added to the chat app.
GIF files can already be used on WhatsApp via Giphy, but stickers are becoming increasingly popular among users of the chat service. For example, animated stickers can already be sent on WhatsApp. It was not yet possible to search for moving stickers yourself, for that you had to depend on external apps or on the images that other users sent to you. Meta is now changing that, because after the update many more stickers are added to WhatsApp.
Animated stickers in WhatsApp
Chances are you already have a collection of animated stickers on WhatsApp, because many users have already sent the moving images to each other. You can add them to your favorites, so that you can forward them later. In the latest version of WhatsApp you can choose from many more moving stickers, which have been added by Giphy. You can find the animated stickers as follows:
- Open WhatsApp on your iPhone;
- Go to a (group) conversation;
- Tap the square in the writing bar;
- Select the square again and tap the magnifying glass;
- Search for a sticker by entering text or emojis;
- Scroll down and choose a sticker of your choice;
- Finally, tap a sticker to send it in the chat.
Have you already saved a lot of stickers in WhatsApp? Then you probably have to scroll down a bit longer when searching to find the animated stickers from Giphy. You can search for animated stickers by entering a text command (both Dutch and English) or by placing an emoji in the search bar. Then the stickers that match the search will appear automatically.
More about WhatsApp
Be careful though, because stickers are sent immediately when you tap on them. Did you accidentally send a sticker when you didn’t mean to? Then you can still delete the message for a certain period of time, here we tell you how to delete messages on WhatsApp. Meta has already rolled out the new update for WhatsApp, so the animated stickers are now available to all users.
To use the new feature, you need to update WhatsApp to the latest version, which is currently version 24.16.79. Can’t find the animated stickers in WhatsApp? Then go to the App Store and search for WhatsApp, so you are sure you have the latest version installed. Want to discover more features of WhatsApp? Then check out all tips about WhatsApp here:
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