Good news for users of WhatsApp: the instant messaging platform will soon be updated to finally integrate the new emojis of the standard Unicode 15.
Perhaps many have not even noticed it, but the messaging application has never really stood out for staying completely up-to-date when it comes to its set of emojis.
It is enough to make the leap to other services, such as Telegramto verify that the gallery of emojis available in the interface to send messages is much broader if the mobile operating system is updated.
While in WhatsApp, in general, the set of emojis available is much smaller and corresponds to the set of the previous year’s version of the mobile operating system.
This situation has gotten relatively worse in recent times, with the launch of the Unicode 15 standard, which made the catalog of these images much more diverse and extensive. But that is obviously not available in the messaging app at the moment.
But this situation is about to change and finally the users of this platform will have the opportunity to enjoy what has already existed for a while in the competition.
WhatsApp will soon integrate 31 new emojis
When the Unicode 15 standard was announced A few months ago, the addition of a total of 4,489 new characters was revealed, of which 21 were new emoji, a figure that rose to 31 counting all skin tone variations.
Such news was welcomed, although in reality it only meant one thing: WhatsApp users would begin to receive emojis that they could not view correctly, much less send.
The platform has never distinguished itself by keeping up with these kinds of changes when Unicode strengthens its catalog and this has not been the exception.
Fortunately, the people of WABetaInfo He has just confirmed that the new emojis will be added in a future update after reviewing WhatsApp beta 2.22.25.12. These 21 new emojis should reach users with access to the beta tests of the application in the not too distant future, although there is currently no specific date for this.
For now, the screenshot and the report suggest that the design of eight emojis would have been modified, along with the addition of new images that include three color variations of hearts, angel wings, a Wi-Fi symbol , a jellyfish and a flute.