WhatsApp animated stickers coming soon to Android, iPhone and web

WhatsApp is working to provide compatibility with animated stickers to iOS, Android and even the Web. Tipster WABetaInfo has shared screenshots and photos of the function that works on all three platforms but says it is still under process. This means that end users will not be able to see it yet. He says that WhatsApp will introduce the feature in future updates. Animated stickers are different from GIFs: they stay alive all the time, whereas GIFs stop playing after a few seconds.

The tipster says that the animated stickers will arrive in WhatsApp through packages of stickers. The packages of animated stickers should be downloaded, just as normal stickers are downloaded now. They will appear animated in the preview section and in the chats and will be played continuously. They are different from GIFs, as they stop playing after a while, but animated stickers do not. WABetaInfo says that WhatsApp tried something similar in the past, but abandoned it quickly. Now, it started to try it again and it looks like it will be launched commercially soon.

The tipster says that the instant messaging application is looking forward to introducing this feature on the iOS and Android platforms. In addition, it also seeks to provide support for the web version of WhatsApp.

There is no information on when this function will be implemented for all users. The tipster says that, in his tests, the feature works very well. The animated stickers feature also supports third-party stickers. It predicts that this new feature should not take long before it is launched for everyone.