Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a feature to manage autoplay animated images that will be available to users in a future release.
By allowing users to disable animations for emojis, stickers and avatars directly from the app’s settings, the new feature aims to give users more control over their chat experience. WABetaInfo.
The app is looking to implement a new feature that allows users to manage certain animations in their chats and groups.
This new feature offers even more control over which message should be triggered than the previous feature in development.
With the help of this feature, users will be able to manage separate animations for emojis, stickers and GIFs through three different options.
This will make it easier for users to personalize their chat experience and reduce distractions caused by unwanted animations.
In the case of emojis, this applies to the recently introduced animated emojis, which will appear static when the autoplay option is disabled.
Likewise, as long as users interact with animated stickers, they will no longer move.
Additionally, the same principle applies to GIFs as they will remain static until the user manually manipulates them.
In the future, users will be able to manage their animation preferences directly from the app’s settings, allowing them to decide whether to animate GIFs, emojis and stickers.