When Apple launched Memojis on iOS they caused quite the stir and became popular really quickly. With the metaverse knocking on our door simple yet expressive virtual avatars are becoming an increasingly important part of our digital lives. Memojis aren’t the only option either, with Bitmojis offering an OS-independent version and Facebook even coming up with their own variant too. Now it looks like WhatsApp is going to launch its own version of personal avatars too. Let’s take a look.
We have previously reported on WhatsApp working internally on their own version of Memoji avatars. Now, however, we have confirmation of the feature being tested in a beta version of the app for Android.
The ever-impressive WhatsApp beta testing community has spotted a create your own Avatar tool in WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.16.11. In the screenshot posted online, it looks very much like the WhatsApp avatars will be the same as Facebook avatars.
This means you will be able to completely customize your own avatar, which you will then be able to send as emoji-like stickers to your friends and family. As we mentioned in our last report on WhatsApp avatars, WhatsApp seems to be working on allowing you to use your avatar during video calls too. This rather innovative idea will likely take a long time to roll out to all users, however. It is rather funny, however, to think of video calls taking place between two virtual avatars.
There is still no word on a release date for WhatsApp avatars, all we know is that is in development and has reached the beta testing stage. We will be sure to update you as soon as we hear any news on this update or any other feature update. To make sure you don’t miss out, bookmark our WhatsApp news page, and subscribe to push notifications.
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