{"id":196727,"date":"2022-07-12T11:32:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T09:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=196727"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:35:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:35:23","slug":"full-emoji-keyboard-now-available-whatsapp-message-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/full-emoji-keyboard-now-available-whatsapp-message-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Full emoji keyboard is now available for WhatsApp message reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019ve been tracking the test version updates of the WhatsApp message reaction feature for a while now. At first, it looked like WhatsApp was going to extend the selection of emojis you could use to react directly to a message. Then, however, it changed to a plus button that would open up the full emoji menu for message reactions. This move has been confirmed and it has now been officially announced as available.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"WhatsApp\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/cc03a0ea-96d0-11e6-9905-00163ed833e7\/1398466786\/whatsapp-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">WhatsApp<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Now<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of WhatsApp big hitters have announced that <strong>the new message reaction update, which gives you access to the full emoji keyboard for reactions is rolling out now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first of these is none other than<strong> Mark Zuckerberg who posted to Facebook<\/strong> just before 6 am Eastern Time, <em>\u201cWe&#8217;re rolling out the ability to use any emoji as a reaction on WhatsApp.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, not long after that, <strong>Will Cathcart, who is head of WhatsApp at Met<\/strong>a, tweeted out to his followers, <em>\u201cReactions on WhatsApp are now even better.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve added support for you to use any emoji you want (in any skin tone) as a reaction.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">? Reactions on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhatsApp<\/a> are now even better.  We&#39;ve added support for you to use any emoji you want (in any skin tone) as a reaction, so you can ? or ? or ? or ? or ? or &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fgV1cXOTfh\">pic.twitter.com\/fgV1cXOTfh<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Will Cathcart (@wcathcart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wcathcart\/status\/1546509614283309057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These two messages confirm what <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/articles\/whatsapp-updating-message-reactions-and-introducing-avatars\">we have been reporting<\/a> over the last few weeks. It also<strong> marks an impressive timeline for the extension of the message reactions feature<\/strong> as message reactions were only introduced a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The introduction of skin tones is a big move for the feature, bringing in a more inclusive way of reacting to messages from friends and family. You should note that <strong>WhatsApp will automatically remember the skin tone you last used when using emojis normally<\/strong>. This means that if you want to change the skin tone of your message reactions you will need to do it by opening up the regular emoji menu for typing in chats and do it there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing to note is that these messages from the WhatsApp bigwigs do not mean that the feature will be available on your version of the app right now. It just means that<strong> they are rolling it out<\/strong>. With billions of users around the world <strong>you can expect it to take a while to reach everybody<\/strong>, so you just need to be patient as it is on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For all the latest WhatsApp updates bookmark our <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp news page<\/a> and subscribe to push notifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve been tracking the test version updates of the WhatsApp message reaction feature for a while now. At first, it looked like WhatsApp was going to extend the selection of emojis you could use to react directly to a message. Then, however, it changed to a plus button that would open up the full emoji &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/full-emoji-keyboard-now-available-whatsapp-message-reactions\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Full emoji keyboard is now available for WhatsApp message reactions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":196729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[2333],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-196727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323539,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196727\/revisions\/323539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196727"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=196727"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=196727"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=196727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}