A lot new on WhatsApp

A heart, the thumbs up or thanks folded hands: WhatsApp introduces the opportunity to react to messages with emojis. To do this, you just have to press the message in question for longer to display a palette of emojis that can be placed as an answer under the message. The palette is to be expanded in the near future, as meta subsidiary WhatsApp reports.

• now also send huge files
• more than 500 people in a group

According to its own statements, the company considers emoji reactions to be useful to “react quickly and humorously to messages without contributing to an flood of information.” Messenger competitors such as Signal have been offering emoji reactions as a feature for a long time.

now also send huge files

In addition, WhatsApp has raised the possible total size of files that can be sent in a message to two gigabytes (2048 megabytes). So far, the maximum was only 100 megabytes.

Also new is a counter with the remaining transmission time for high or downloading. With very large files, users should make sure that they are connected to a WLAN.

more than 500 people in a group

The third and last WhatsApp renewal is an gradual expansion of the maximum number of participants of groups - to up to 512 people.

WhatsApp began distributing the three new features. However, they don't all come in one fell swoop, but gradually to the users.