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With WhatsApp, you can now send a response to a message. Read here how to do it and what options are available.
WhatsApp: How to send a reaction to a message
Since spring 2022, you can send reactions to messages with WhatsApp. In doing so, the function is similar to those of other messaging services and helps to react to certain messages or express a response in the form of an emoji.
- To send a response in WhatsApp, you first need to open the chat and long press on the message you want to respond to.
- A menu with 6 emojis appears. You can choose between “Thumbs up”, “Heart”, “Laugh”, “Surprised”, “Sad” and “Pray”.
- Tap on the desired reaction to select it.
- The selected response will now appear below the message as a small icon.
WhatsApp Reactions: What you should know
With the new reactions, here’s what you should know.
- When you respond to a message, a notification appears with the sender. This mentions that you have responded to a message with a particular emoji.
- If you have accidentally selected the wrong response, you can easily change it. Simply repeat the procedure and select a different emoji. Since you can only select one reaction per message, the previously selected reaction will be replaced.
- If you want to remove the reaction, select the same emoji again. This will remove it again.
- When you remove or change a reaction, the notification to the recipient also changes. This means that it is no longer possible to see whether you had previously submitted a different reaction.
- You can also react to messages in groups. All the different reactions of the group participants are displayed below the message.
