WhatsApp avatars | The app allows you to create custom avatars in the latest beta for Android

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WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature that allows users of Android devices create custom avatarsan option that is already available in the latest beta version of the app.

Since Meta announced its interest in developing the metaversothe company has been introducing the possibility of using avatars in three dimensions (3D) in some of its applications, such as Facebook, Messenger and Instagram.

At the end of last June, WABetaInfo warned that the company was developing this feature for WhatsApp, using an alternative set of Memoji/Birmojithat is, custom avatars with human faces.

A few days ago, this same portal reported that these resources could be used in the form of ‘stickers’ and that the platform would be able to automatically create a repertoire of personalized avatars to share them through individual or group chats.

Now, it has indicated that the company is implementing this tool, which some beta testers can already access, as it has warned in the latest WhatsApp beta update for Android 2.22.23.9, which is downloaded through the Play Store.

Through a screenshot, WABetaInfo has shared the avatar configuration menu on the messaging platform, which can not only be used as a ‘sticker’, but also as a WhatsApp profile picture.

It is expected that this option, available in the ‘Settings’ section of the account, will be deployed soon to the entire user base of this Meta service and, at the moment, it is unknown if it will reach iOS devices.

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