WhatsApp recently expanded the capabilities of message reactions by adding support for all possible emojis. And it appears like more changes are in tow for the recently introduced feature on the messaging platform, as suggested by a recent beta test. Here’s what to expect.
The latest report by WABetaInfo reveals that WhatsApp is testing reaction previews as part of the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.2.16.6 (some are also getting it on the version, 2.22.16.5). The new feature will show a text preview when a message of a chat gets a reaction.
The report also mentions that this functionality will be enabled no matter what. So, even if you turn off message reaction notifications, you will still see reaction previews when the latest update comes in.
This comes in addition to the previously rumored feature update for reactions, which hinted at a detailed info section about reactions on shared media. This will allow you to see which media in the automatic album has been reacted to. Presently you will have to open up the shared media album to see these details. Since this is also being tested, we don’t know if this will become an official feature.
