WhatsApp trick: How to download and send animated stickers on app

WhatsApp trick: The instant messaging platform has rolled out the much-awaited animated stickers for all its users globally. The new feature allows you to send animated stickers to your contacts thereby enabling you to express feelings in a better way. Announcing the same, the Facebook-owned messaging tweeted, “Animated stickers are available now.” The animated sticker packs are now appearing alongside the normal sticker packs in the Sticker Store. 

The WhatsApp animated stickers are available on both Android and iOS and it will also be available for the desktop version. The sticker packs rolled out by WhatsApp are Sweet Life, Playful Piyomaru, Bright Days, Moody Foodies, and Chummy Chum Chums. 

How to get WhatsApp animated stickers?

To get WhatsApp animated stickers, the users need to update the app to the latest version. The feature is currently available on Android v2.20194.16 and iOS v2.20.70 versions of WhatsApp. You can complete the process through Google Play Store or Apple’s App Store.

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How to download and send animated stickers on WhatsApp?

- Open WhatsApp chat window and click on the emoji icon. 

- You will find the stickers option at the end. 

- Click on the plus icon which will take you to the Stickers store. 

- Sticker Store includes several sticker packs that you can add to your WhatsApp chats just by downloading them.

- Click on the download icon to app the pack.

- Once downloaded, the sticker will be available for sending. 

- You can add more and more packs to use them in your chats.

The users need to keep in mind that the Sticker only plays once and not on a loop. In order to re-play it, you will have to scroll up and down. The animated stickers can also be seen on the web version of WhatsApp. However, you can neither access the Sticker store nor download any sticker packs on the web.

Apart from this, WhatsApp had previously released a couple of new features including the QR codes, Dark mode for web and desktop, improved video calls, and disappearing status features for KaiOS.