WhatsApp has introduced the new Unicode 9.0 emojis in their latest beta version (2.17.44) of its Android app. Even though iOS and Android last year received the fresh set of emojis, WhatsApp now wants to bring them for all its Android app users regardless of the Android version they are running on the device. At the moment, the emojis are only available with WhatsApp beta for Android and will release to the stable channel later.
Some of the new emojis that you can look forward to:
- Clown
- Avocado
- Girl and a boy doing a facepalm and a shrug
- Butterfly
- Bacon
- Nauseated face
- New dancing boy
- Whiskey glass
- New profession emojis
Apple had introduced the Unicode 9.0 emojis as part of their iOS 10.2 Update while Google released them in their Android Nougat 7.1 update.
If you want to download the beta version of WhatsApp, this is how you can go about doing so:
- Go to the Google Play store on your device
- Go to app’s listing and scroll down to ‘Become a beta tester’ part
- Once you enter the beta testing mode, you’ll be able to download the WhatsApp beta app within a few minutes.
WhatsApp recently enabled full support for Android Nougat notifications where it now shows all unread messages from a single conversation and not just the latest message, just like it had earlier on. There is also a new feature being tested that will allow users to edit, revoke messages after sending them, along with another feature that will let you know when your WhatsApp contact changes their status.
