If you are the kind that sends messages without words, this could be for you. Last week saw the launch of WhatsApp stickers, in the app’s latest update to give users another alternative to express themselves.
After testing the feature for sometime, the company is satisfied that stickers could be the best way to express yourself without using words.
How to download WhatsApp stickers
To add the stickers feature on your WhatsApp, you have to update your app through Google Play Store or Apple App Store. To update your WhatsApp app, go to Google Play Store, search for the app and tap on the update.
Beta users can also install the latest update. If you happen to access WhatsApp beta 2.18.329 onwards, you should be able to see these stickers as a third bottom tab when you go to insert emojis or GIFs.
Once you are done with installing the update, you may launch the WhatsApp app on your phone, and open any chat thread and tap on the emoji button next to the type box. At the bottom, you should be able to see a new category of Stickers along with the existing emoji and GIFs buttons.
You can as well download and add WhatsApp stickers from third-party apps. To do this, you should scroll down the stickers section and tap the option “get more stickers.”
How to use WhatsApp stickers
If you want to use stickers in a chat, just tap the new sticker button and select the sticker you want to share. You can as well add new stickers by tapping the plus icon.
WhatsApp also lets you publish your own sticker app to the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, so that users can download and install it to send stickers from within the app.
To create your own sticker art, the app stipulates that your stickers must meet the following requirements:
- Should be an image that has a transparent background.
- Must be exactly 512×512 pixels, and
- Must be less than 100 KB.
Your sticker pack should have an icon for the WhatsApp sticker picker or tray; and this should be an image of 96×96 pixels and less than 50 KB.
This is a cool addition to the Picture-in-picture mode recently introduced.
