WhatsApp tests quick reactions for the Status feature nobody uses
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What you need to know WhatsApp is testing a change that will allow people to quickly react to someone`s Status update. People will be able to select from one of eight different emojis. There is no telling when the feature will roll out to every WhatsApp user. Not that many people will actually use it. WhatsApp is testing a way to make it easier for people to react to someone`s Status update. The change is similar to a feature that existing users of Instagram Stories will be immediately familiar with. The new quick reactions are available in a current WhatsApp desktop beta and are designed to give people a new way to react to someone`s Status. The existing Status feature is one that is underused at best, but it can work in a way similar to Instagram Stories. With the new beta installed, users can quickly react to a new status with one of a handful of new emojis. WABetaInfo notes that, right now, the reactions just appear in a chat thread as a normal emoji but that could well ...