This is what ‘Whats App’ users will be getting in its new update

NP NEWS 24 ONLINE – WhatsApp, world’s most popular app announced that its introducing Stickers to help users express themselves more easily while communicating with friends and family on its app.

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After introducing emojis and camera features, Status and animated GIFs to make communicating on its app more fun and expressive, WhatsApp is following in its parent Facebook’s footsteps with the introduction of Stickers. WhatsApp is beginning the rollout of this new feature on both iOS and Android devices in the next few weeks, by launching a few sticker packs that are created by its own designers and some from other designers.

The Facebook-owned app announced the new feature in its blog adding that it will be available for Android and iOS users in the coming weeks.

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Users will be able to pick from a variety of stickers, which include an illustration of a smiling teacup and a crying broken heart, by tapping the new sticker button in their app and selecting the sticker they would like to share in their chats. Android users will need to get the 2.18.329 version of WhatsApp and iPhone users have to update the app to version 2.18.100, reports said.

A third-party sticker pack support has also been added to the app to allow designers and developers from around the world to create their own stickers, the blog said.

“To do this, we’ve included a set of APIs and interfaces that allow you to build sticker apps that add stickers to WhatsApp on Android or iOS,” WhatsApp wrote.

“You can publish your sticker app like any other app to the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, and users who download and install your app will be able to start sending those stickers right from within WhatsApp,” it added.

Designers or developers who would like to do so can publish their sticker app just like any other app directly to the Google Play Store or Apple App Store – users can then download and install the app to be able to send stickers from the packs.

The latest update puts WhatsApp on par with other messaging apps known for their use of stickers such as Line, WeChat and Kakaotalk. Stickers are also available on Facebook’s Messenger app.