WhatsApp recently announced the introduction of message reactions after a series of rumors and beta-testing. The Meta-owned messaging platform is now expected to further this feature’s capabilities by bringing the ability to react to WhatsApp Status, its version of Stories. Here are the details.
A recent WABetaInfo report hints at the introduction of the Quick Reactions feature, which will allow you to react to a Status with an emoji while viewing it. This is the same feature, which currently allows you to react to an Instagram Story and even a Facebook Story.
It is further said that Quick Reactions will show up as an emoji message in a person’s chat. Although, there are chances that a new UI for receipt of Quick Reactions will be added soon. Since this feature is still under development, it remains to be seen how this pans out.
In another report, WABetaInfo suggests that there soon will be a feature to view a person’s Status on WhatsApp within a chat list or when that person is searched. Presently, a WhatsApp Status can only be viewed via the dedicated Status section.
This is another feature, which will be taken from Instagram. If you don’t know already, you can easily see the colored ring around a person’s profile even in a chat list of the search list, and tapping on it can show you the story. Here’s a look at what this will look like on WhatsApp.
