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When words fall short, it's best to speak directly using emojis or stickers. The latter have been created as an evolution of the emoji that may not be enough to express certain emotions. The saying has been around for years: “A picture is worth a thousand words” and that is why many people prefer pictures to communicate with their friends .
The stickers became very famous with LINE and years later they came to WhatsApp. Now, make their debut in the Instagram chat (which we also know as Direct) and will allow us to express emotions in a much more real way.The tests of the stickers in the Instagram chat have started a long time ago but we have already been able to test them. Here we show you how they work.
What are the new Instagram chat stickers like?
We cannot deny their resemblance to the stickers of the WhatsApp chat, in fact they share an icon under the classic sticker that we have been seeing for some time on WhatsApp. To send a sticker through Instagram chat, the procedure is very simple:
- We will have a new icon in the form of a sticker that replaces the + button or, failing that, we will find it expanding with this button.
- By clicking on the stickers button we can choose between sending GIFs or stickers.
- It is possible to choose between hundreds of available stickers, very different from those we are used to finding on other platforms.
These are sent as on other platforms, as an image in the text that allows us to express more than words.
How to have the new stickers in the Instagram chat?
Here in the newsroom it is not completely clear if there really is a criterion to show the stickers. We have been checking our mobiles and some had them activated, others not, etc. This change is not due to beta users or to the version of Instagram you have. Instagram must enable stickers for your account and you will be able to send them soon.
In case you don't have them, just worry about updating the Instagram version through the Play Store and when they are made public they will arrive on your mobile phone so you can send them and share them with your friends . Long live the stickers!
