On 4 January 2025, WhatsApp Tweeted on X and announced the first update of the year stating that we are working on a feature that manage chat messages animations, and it will be available in future release. This feature can give access to the user and give more control to the chats. The feature is still in the development phase, and there is no exact information yet when it will be released.
Chat animations Feature
This feature will be used for managing auto-play animated images. It is basically designed for users to get more control over their chats. It will allow the user to enable or disable the animations for stickers, emojis and GIFs for chats and groups directly from the app settings.
There are three features of animations that you can control for your chats and groups. If I’m not wrong they are working on this update from a very long time.
How Chat Animations Work
If you can focus on the screenshot in the first line, it says “when turned on, emojis, stickers or GIFS will move automatically. Every user’s preferences are different from each other, some users want stickers to animate and find Irritated by GIFS. On the other hand, most users are working persons so they feel annoyed by the animations so they will find this feature very useful.
Animations
- Emojis: When you turn on emojis feature it will disable the auto-play for emojis.
- Stickers: When you turn on the Stickers feature it will disable the auto-play for stickers.
- GIFs: When you turn on GIFs feature it will disable the auto-play for GIFs.
After turning on all the options in setting, they all will be in static mode and they will not animate automatically. We will update you about the official release date of the chat animations feature update.
Conclusion:
To be very honest this feature is going to be amazing for me. I am a person who uses WhatsApp just for contact purposes. You may find it funny that sometimes I open the chats and all I can see the stickers are dancing my eyes. I think WhatsApp is now prioritizing user experience so that users can feel relaxed when using the WhatsApp App.
WhatsApp: Most secured App for Communication
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WhatsApp Main Features:
- Free: The user can send unlimited amount of text messages, audio, Images and documents.
- Audio and Video calls: User can make unlimited audio and video face calling without any interruptions.
- Story Status: The user can upload unlimited text, Image and video stories and only the saved contacts can see the stories.
- End To End Encryption: WhatsApp is more crucial when it comes to protect the users data from hacker so they introduced end to end encryption for the app.
FAQ
Q1: When will WhatsApp chat animations update coming in 2025?
Ans: There is no exact information about the release and the feature still is in the developing phase. We will update you when we hear about the release date.
Q2: What happens if I turn on the chat animation feature in WhatsApp?
Ans: If you turn all the three options (emojis, stickers and GIFs) then the auto-play option will be disabled and move all the animations into the pause mode.
Q3: Is chat animation useful for WhatsApp users?
Ans: Yes, it will give more control to the user to manage the animations in chats and groups.
Q4: Why WhatsApp uses end to end encryption for the users?
Ans: They want protect users data from unwanted malwares and hacking attacks.
Q5: Why is everyone using WhatsApp app for messaging?
Ans: It is the free and most secured messaging app with user friendly.