{"id":197395,"date":"2022-07-21T10:56:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T08:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=197395"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:34:16","slug":"whatsapp-building-own-version-of-memojis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-building-own-version-of-memojis\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp is building its own version of Memojis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Apple launched Memojis on iOS they caused quite the stir and became popular really quickly. With the metaverse knocking on our door simple yet expressive virtual avatars are becoming an increasingly important part of our digital lives. Memojis aren\u2019t the only option either, with <a href=\"https:\/\/bitmoji.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bitmojis<\/a> offering an OS-independent version and Facebook even coming up with their own variant too. Now <strong>it looks like WhatsApp is going to launch its own version of personal avatars too<\/strong>. Let\u2019s take a look.<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have previously reported on WhatsApp working internally on their own version of Memoji avatars. Now, however, <strong>we have confirmation of the feature being tested in a beta version of the app for Android<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ever-impressive WhatsApp beta testing community has <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-22-16-11-whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spotted<\/a> a create your own Avatar tool in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.16.11. In the screenshot posted online, <strong>it looks very much like the WhatsApp avatars will be the same as <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> avatars<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means <strong>you will be able to completely customize your own avatar<\/strong>, which you will then be able to <strong>send as emoji-like stickers<\/strong> to your friends and family. As we mentioned in our last report on WhatsApp avatars, <strong>WhatsApp seems to be working on allowing you to use your avatar during video calls too<\/strong>. This rather innovative idea will likely take a long time to roll out to all users, however. It is rather funny, however, to think of video calls taking place between two virtual avatars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is <strong>still no word on a release date for WhatsApp avatars<\/strong>, all we know is that is in development and has reached the beta testing stage. We will be sure to update you as soon as we hear any news on this update or any other feature update. To make sure you don\u2019t miss out, bookmark our <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.en.softonic.com\/news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WhatsApp news<\/a> page, and subscribe to push notifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Image via: <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-beta-for-android-2-22-16-11-whats-new\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WABetaInfo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Apple launched Memojis on iOS they caused quite the stir and became popular really quickly. With the metaverse knocking on our door simple yet expressive virtual avatars are becoming an increasingly important part of our digital lives. Memojis aren\u2019t the only option either, with Bitmojis offering an OS-independent version and Facebook even coming up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-building-own-version-of-memojis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WhatsApp is building its own version of Memojis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":197397,"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-197395","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\/197395","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=197395"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323489,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197395\/revisions\/323489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197395"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=197395"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=197395"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=197395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}