The customizable characters known as avatars, which were previously sold on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, have now been made available on WhatsApp.
These can be delivered as one of 36 bespoke stickers, or used as a profile photo on a messaging app, according to a statement from Meta.
The feature will be “accessible to users everywhere starting today,” according to a news statement from Meta.
Beta testers have been receiving the WhatsApp avatars functionality for a while now.
Since at least October, some (but not all) beta users on Android and iOS have had access to them, according to WBetaInfo, but it’s anticipated that all mobile users will have access to them in the upcoming weeks.
One of the many customizable virtual characters accessible on various platforms and chat apps are Meta’s avatars. The most well-known are Bitmoji, maybe because Snap currently owns the 2D characters. Memoji and AR Emoji, two types of system-level avatars, are both provided by Apple and Samsung. But this attribute might end up being the most distinctive for Meta. He is promoting his idea that the feature will eventually stand in for what its users refer to as the metaverse.