Reactions are available for chats and groups, and this version includes six emojis to express: I like it, I love it, I’m amused, I’m surprised, I’m sad and Thank you.. It is expected that in future updates the options will be expanded to be able to choose any of the emojis available for the app, as is already the case in Messenger.
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To react to a message, the process is the same as in Messenger, from Facebook, since you just have to touch the message in question and hold for a moment, until the reaction bubble appearswhere you can choose one of the available emojis.
In the case of groups, to see who reacted to a message just touch the reaction iconwhich shows everyone who reacted to that message, along with the emoji they used.
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Every time someone reacts to a message you sent, you will receive an automatic notification, as it is enabled by default; but if you don’t want to be filled with notifications because of reactions, you can disable them from the notification settings menu, within WhatsApp.
If you still can’t react to messages, please be patient, because even though the feature was released today, the rollout for the update to reach all platform users can take around a weekso it’s a matter of days before it’s available to everyone.
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Other news coming to WhatsApp
In addition to the reactions, another of the functions previously announced in the beta versions of WhatsApp also reaches the final and stable version of the platform; is about the ability to send files up to 2 GBwithout the need to resort to third-party applications and with end-to-end encryption protection.
This increases the previous limit, which was 100 MB; and, according to WhatsApp, it is a function that will help improve and speed up collaboration between small businesses and school groups, since users who use their cell phones, and specifically the WhatsApp platform, as a study or work tool, usually send all kinds of files and this will make things a lot easier for you.
Another novelty related to sending and receiving files is that now you can see a counter while downloading or uploading filesso you know how long it takes for the process to finish.
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Finally, since one of the main requests from users has been the possibility of adding a greater number of people to groups, WhatsApp has listened to these suggestions and now the company announces that it is working on the launch of an improvement that will allow up to 512 people to be added to a group.
This novelty to add up to 512 participants to the groups begins its deployment today, but it will take a few weeks to reach all users, so be patient if you don’t receive it right away.
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