WhatsApp and Instagram are from the same company, Meta, which was formerly known as the Facebook group. Therefore, it is possible to find some similarities between the two social networks, although the messenger has a greater focus on fast communication.
Still, many features came from Instagram and were very successful on it, like the Stories-like status update itself. In this sense, the two networks will become even more similar, since a new new function to react to messages in WhatsApp.
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Until then, there are no official reports on the availability of this mechanism for WhatsApp, nor on when the update should take place. However, according to information from the specialized website WABetaInfo, the news should not take long to arrive. With that, users are left with the expectation that there will be a change later this year.
In summary, WhatsApp should have six specific emojis for reacting to messages and statuses, as already happens on Instagram. To do so, the user must follow the same steps: press a little on the message they want to react to, and the app itself will suggest the reactions. Thus, the user will be able to choose between heart, laugh, thumbs up and crossed hands emojis.
Basically, reactions work as a kind of response to text messages or statuses published on the platform. In this way, Meta manages to make communication more dynamic and faster between people. In the case of Instagram, the reaction also works as a mechanism to boost accounts. Thus, every time a Story receives a response, it is boosted and becomes priority content.
For now, there is still no information if WhatsApp reactions will also have the boost dynamic. However, it is necessary to take into account that the purpose of WhatsApp is very different from Instagram. After all, while the first works as a personal or commercial contact, the second is a great mechanism for disclosure. Anyway, the arrival of this feature should make WhatsApp conversations much more interesting.
