WhatsApp Messenger Updated With Support For GIPHY Stickers And AI Sticker Creation
Internet life offers us multiple ways to express our feelings and emotions: GIFs, emojis, Animojis, Memojis and stickersAnd now, with the arrival of artificial intelligence on the iPhone, a whole world of possibilities opens up. WhatsApp just announced Four new ways to create stickers on iOS and Android.
But probably the most important new feature of this WhatsApp update is the introduction of the Support for animated stickers from the GIPHY platform.
Additionally, WhatsApp is also preparing a new feature to generate selfies with AI and a long-awaited change in its interface with the customization of the color of chats with predefined themes.
WhatsApp brings animated stickers and artificial intelligence stickers
Sometimes an animated sticker can communicate our emotions more accurately than an emoji or a GIF. WhatsApp knows that its users love stickers and, for this reason, they have decided to incorporate support with GIPHY animated stickersa platform formerly owned by Meta.
On the other hand, WhatsApp continues to incorporate the creation of custom stickers on iPhone and Android along with the generation of stickers from the artificial intelligence.
We tell you all the new stickers that WhatsApp plans to introduce on iOS and Android:
- Animated stickers from GIPHY: WhatsApp partners with GIPHY to offer a new way to share animated stickers on iOS and Android. GIPHY’s vast collection of stickers will allow users to share animated stickers without ever leaving the messaging app, simply by using the sticker search button.
- Creating custom stickers: WhatsApp’s custom sticker maker tool was already available on Android, and now WhatsApp plans to include it on iPhone as well. It will no longer be necessary to use other apps to create a sticker for WhatsApp. WhatsApp users will be able to turn photos into stickers and edit existing stickers with cutouts, text, and drawings.
- AI Stickers: Another of the great new features landing on WhatsApp has to do with the generation of stickers with AI through the Meta AI chatbot. However, this new function is only available in the United States. We will have to continue waiting for its global expansion.
- Sticker Organization: Finally, WhatsApp will also make it easy to discover new sticker packs for use in the app. A preview of stickers has been included in the sticker tray below those that have been downloaded. To organize your sticker tray, you can also tap and hold on a sticker to move it up or delete it.
For its part, Apple also introduced very interesting new features for stickers on its messaging platform. There is a new option to create stickers from images and photographs directly from Messages and the process is very simple and intuitive.
Create stickers from Photos, without a doubt one of the most fun features of #iOS17:
I could spend all afternoon doing this…
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— Sergio (@sergitario87) September 25, 2023
Here’s everything you need to know about the new stickers in WhatsApp Messenger. Big changes that will revolutionize the way we communicate with our friends and family while we wait for the arrival of the WhatsApp version for iPad, which should be out soon.