# WhatsApp Provides Extra Video Results, Improved Reactions UI

Messaging is now the first approach wherein customers join, and in keeping with this, WhatsApp has rolled out some new updates to supply extra artistic choices to your non-public chats, to be able to improve engagement.

First off, WhatsApp’s including extra digicam results for video calls to broaden your artistic choices.

As per WhatsApp:

“You liked the consequences we launched on video calls final yr. Now, if you take and ship a video or photograph in your chats, you possibly can select from the identical 30 backgrounds, filters and results to remodel your pictures.”

WhatsApp added a variety of video results for video chats final month, which allows you to add digital masks throughout a video name.

And now, you’ll have extra digital overlays to select from, including one other ingredient of enjoyable to your chats.

WhatsApp’s additionally making it simpler to create stickers out of your selfies:

“Simply faucet ‘Create sticker’ and also you’ll see the digicam choice to take a selfie and create your sticker.”

Selfie stickers are a personalised, custom-made technique to improve your chats, and it may very well be one other enjoyable addition to your discussions.

The choice is out there on Android from in the present day, and is coming quickly to iOS.

WhatsApp customers will now additionally be capable of share sticker packs with buddies, immediately inside chats. And eventually, WhatsApp’s additionally including a simplified UI for reacting to a chat.

“Now you possibly can double faucet a message to react and rapidly scroll by means of your most-used reactions.”

These are minor updates, however related ones, notably with reference to expanded utilization of personal messaging.

Earlier this week, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri reiterated that messaging is now the first approach that folks join, on Instagram, and in Meta’s different apps, and with WhatsApp utilization rising within the U.S., it’s quick changing into a important connector, for a lot of, many individuals.

As such, including extra instruments and options, irrespective of how minor they might appear, may very well be important, in enhancing its connective capability, and growing attraction with a broader viewers.

The extra Meta can gasoline this, the higher, which is why updates like this are related.