Message reactions are present in WhatsApp for some time now. The other messaging app of Meta i.e. Facebook Messenger and Instagram have had reactions for quite some time now and they have the competitors like Telegram, Twitter, Signal and iMessage. According to some reports now we have the knowledge how WhatsApp’s take on this feature will look on your phone as well as on your PC. But if want to try it out you may soon be able to do it.
After a limited rollout some days ago, WhatsApp has started testing the reactions with limited set of random beta users. The message reactions are live for some people after updating to the beta version 2.22.8.3 but they were disabled soon after. Now after a few weeks. WhatsApp is rolling out the reactions to some beta users once again. It has also been reported that WhatsApp might expand the number of eligible emoji reactions beyond just the core like, laugh, love, surprised, folded hands and sad emoji.