WhatsApp Rolling Out Message Reactions, Increases Sharing Files Limit To Up To 2GB

Meta-owned WhatsApp is finally rolling out the ability for users on Android, iOS, Web and Desktop to react to messages.

The much-awaited feature brings the ability to post emoji reactions on the latest version of the app. Image: WhatsApp

New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp is finally rolling out the ability for users on Android, iOS, Web and Desktop to react to messages. The company's message reactions feature was announced late on Thursday evening and the much-awaited feature brings the ability to post emoji reactions on the latest version of the app. The company added that it will continue improving them by adding an even broader range of expressions in the future.

"We’re excited to share that emoji reactions are now available on the latest version of the app. Reactions are fun, fast, and they reduce overload in groups too," WhatsApp wrote in a blog post.

The message reactions on WhatsApp will be available on the newest version of WhatsApp and it is being rolled out for all after it was teased by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an Instagram story on Thursday.

Along with message emoji reactions, the Meta-owned company also announced that users can now send files within WhatsApp up to 2GB in size at a time with end-to-end encryption. The previous limit of sending files within the platform was 100MB. Along with this, WhatsApp will also add the ability to include more people intro WhatsApp groups.

"One of the top requests we’ve consistently received is the option to add more people to a chat, so now we’re slowly rolling out the ability to add up to 512 people to a group. Building private, safe, and secure communities takes work and we think this series of improvements will help people and groups stay close to one another," the company added.