WhatsApp adds new features, now users can transfer files up to 2GB

May 6, 2022 Technology

WhatsApp has added some much-needed features for its users. The messaging app was spotted working on iMessage-like emoji reactions long ago, but WhatsApp has now finally made the feature official.

“As we announced last month with our vision for Communities on WhatsApp, we’re now building for organizations, businesses, and other close-knit groups to communicate securely and get things done on WhatsApp. The feedback we’ve received so far has been very positive and we can’t wait to get many new features into people’s hands,” said WhatsApp.

WhatsApp is excited to share that emoji reactions are now available on the latest version of the app. Reactions are fun, fast, and they reduce overload in groups too. “We’ll continue improving them by adding an even broader range of expressions in the future,” said the Meta owned messaging app.

In addition, users can now send files within WhatsApp up to 2GB in size at a time, protected by end-to-end encryption. This is an increase from the previous limit of 100MB and we think will be helpful for collaboration among small businesses and school groups.