With WhatsApp, users may soon be able to create a personalized avatar and background and use it as a profile picture. However, the development is still in the early stages.
The avatar trend on social media continues. After Twitter and Instagram, WhatsApp will also offer the option of using avatars as profile pictures. This is indicated by a WhatsApp beta version. Accordingly, users can also make modifications to the avatar visuals before they can be used for third parties in the apartment become visible. It’s not the only avatar feature the messaging app is currently working on.
WhatsApp is working on setting up avatar profile photo!
The ability to set up an avatar to use as a profile photo is under development on WhatsApp beta for Android.https://t.co/0m70rqCEwi
— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) August 13, 2022
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Avatars are very popular on various platforms and are increasingly being used in communication and for self-expression. Snapchat, for example, relied on Bitmojis early on. According to this model TikTok also developed its own avatars a few months ago, which the users of the entertainment app can now use. On Twitter, on the other hand, the Snapchat Bitmojis should even be able to be used directly as a profile picture for the account. To it the short message service is currently working.
Meta, in turn, is already a step further and allows first users on Instagramto replace their profile picture with an avatar integration. The social group has also provided avatars for the WhatsApp messaging app. Already We reported on this at the end of Junethat avatars for video calls should be introduced in the app – a test version of this feature is already running. Now the WhatsApp experts are reporting from WABetaInfo on her own blog about the function to be able to set avatars as profile pictures. The researchers discovered the feature in a beta test phase on Android. This allows uploading and editing an avatar. In addition, users can then set the background color that should underlie the avatar visual in the app ad.
According to WABetaInfo, the function should also be made available for the beta versions on iOS and on the web. However, since it is in an early development phase, no official roll-out is foreseeable.