blog post Wednesday<\/a>, and it’s rolling out this week.<\/p>\nThe avatar feature is similar to those of several other messaging apps, including Facebook Messenger (also owned by Meta) and the Memoji<\/span> feature in Apple’s iMessage. After creating a custom character, WhatsApp will give you 36 different stickers that will display the avatar with various emotions and actions.<\/p>\nThe addition is the latest feature designed to help bring WhatsApp up to parity with its rivals. Recent additions have included the ability to text notes to oneself<\/span>, create large Communities similar to Telegram’s Groups<\/span> and 32-person video calls.<\/p>\nRead more<\/strong>:\u00a03 New WhatsApp Features Let You Be a Little Sneaky<\/span><\/p>\nMeta’s WhatsApp has also been engaging in an\u00a0advertising campaign against Apple’s iMessage<\/span>, promoting itself as a cross-platform messaging option with end-to-end encryption. Google has been running a similar campaign<\/span>, which targets Apple’s iMessage while promoting its own Messages app on Android powered by the RCS texting standard. However, unlike WhatsApp, Google’s Messages app is currently an Android-only experience.<\/p>\nMeanwhile, Apple’s iMessage has spent the fall adding several new features via iOS 16 updates, including the ability to unsend and edit text messages<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\nArticle source: https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/tech\/mobile\/whatsapp-is-adding-customizable-avatar-emojis-for-chats\/#ftag=CAD4aa2096<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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