WhatsApp is about to introduce support for stickers in the massively popular chat app, an official blog post revealed today.
Stickers have been available on rival messaging platforms including Apple's iMessages and Telegram for some time, so today's announcement isn't a surprise as WhatsApp tries to cement its position as the most popular messenger app globally.
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To begin with, WhatsApp is launching sticker packs created by its own in-house designers, along with a selection of stickers from other artists.
However, users can also expect third-party sticker packs further down the line, as WhatsApp is also releasing a set of APIs and interfaces that will allow anyone "minimal development or coding experience" to build their own sticker packs and publish them on the App Store.
WhatsApp users can post stickers in chat threads via a new sticker button, and add new sticker packs by tapping the plus icon, once they become available on iOS and Android over the coming weeks.
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(View all)Just use iMessage or Telegram.
Yes, more tech illiterate posting about stuff they know nothing about. Google (or is that taboo as well) “end to end encryption” (the thing that WhatsApp did, long before Apple made it “cool”).
That seems like a personal problem then. But it's a non-issue for me, everyone I know has an iPhone so no luck needed there. And yeah Google is even worse. Do yourself a favor and do some research. 1st off, iMessage/FaceTime had always had end to end encryption when it came out ~2011. Where as your crappy whatsapp didn't get it until 2016.And good luck sending iMessages to more then the other half of the planet that doesn’t have iPhones.
Besides you're missing the point. It's not about who does it 1st, but more about who can do it better. First doesn't mean **** if it sucks. I would trust Apple's implementation of end to end encryption much more than Facebook for sure. And I don't even know why you're bringing up Google.
:confused: Maybe this is the beginning of the end for WhatsApp.
The beginning of the end will be when WhatsApp has ads.I hope Telegram overtakes WhatsApp for popularity, it’s better in my opinion.