WhatsApp Adds Animated Emojis, Combined Avatar Stickers, and More What’s new? Animated emojis now appear in all chats, along with a new animated sticker maker from videos. Combined avatar stickers now let users share fun mashups of their avatar and a friend’s in private chats. Other updates include: - Photo polls in channels - ⁠Group tagging in Status updates - ⁠Easier group creation - ⁠Shared captions for multi-photo sends - ⁠New filters/effects for video chats and photos