New emoticons are coming to WhatsApp for Android phones

The new beta or test version of WhatsApp for Android finally brings with it what many have longed for: the paella Emoji And it is that a whole new collection of smileys has just landed in the messaging application. Of course, for the moment, as we say, in its test version, the prelude to the definitive version that may still be delayed a few how many days to reach the rest of the users.Faces, animals, sports and, above all, gender equality and representation in all aspects.

Although they have been expected for a long time, it has not been until now when WhatsApp has accepted the decision of the consortium that regulates the creation of Emoji emoticons Unicode, which is what this consortium is called, already decided in june which would be the new drawings chosen to represent new plates of food, activities and other elements of this collection. But it is up to each company to adapt them and bring them to their services. While Apple is one that always makes the first move in this regard, WhatsApp he takes his time. And the time has come.

New Faces

As soon as you access the collection of emoticons of WhatsApp, the introduction of is obvious smileys like clown, the cowboy, the liar (long nose), the sick (green), or the one that expressesextreme laugh (turned laugh).But there is more. Many more. In fact, among the gestures with the hands we find new ones such as the squeeze or even the selfie , which can be combined with different faces to express different feelings. The facepalm (hand on the face) stands out, with which to express embarrassment and which, surely, will offer a lot of play in future conversations.

More diversity

In the first section of the collection of Emojis we also find a huge collection of new professions , and some old ones that have been renovated. And it is that absolutely all of them have a version in masculine and another in feminine From the classic ballerina, which now has a modification Disco for men, even new professions like astronautAnd the same occurs in the field of sport, where, in addition to new practices, there are variables practiced by both women and men.

This diversity also applies to the smiley families Now there are all kinds of possible combinations between families single-parents, homoparentals and all options in between. Of course, choosing the skin tone in each of the representations of people is still very present.

More animals

The latest version of Unicode, the 9.0.0 , also integrates a good collection of new animals, both real and fantastic. Thus, in addition to the eagle, the bat or the owl, now we also find a revision of the unicorn or the dragon They have also appeared new flowers and plants, or renovations when expressing tornadoes and others Meteorological phenomena.

In short, new elements that will make WhatsApp conversations more colorful and expressive. To get these emoticons now, you just have to go to Google Play Store and sign up for the program WhatsApp beta tester , at the bottom of your download page. Otherwise, we will still have to wait a few days for the representation of the paella Get to the final version of the messaging app for Android