The Meta-owned messenger application WhatsApp is reportedly planning to add animated avatars for video calls, a feature that – resembles Apple’s Memoji – rumored to be in the works since last year.
An independent portal for real-time updates about WhatsApp – WABetaInfo – claimed that the messenger app has rolled out the ability to make video calls using animated avatars in the latest beta version for Android 2.23.19.14.
WhatsApp is notifying its users about this new feature through a pop-up banner that offers the choice to “use your avatar during calls” with options to either “Switch to avatar” or tap “Not now.”
