WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is currently developing a feature that will allow users to regulate autoplay animated photos. The feature is scheduled to be released in the near future.
Users will have more control over their chat experience with this new feature, which allows them to disable animations for emojis, stickers, and avatars directly from the app settings, according to WABetaInfo.
The app’s developers are currently looking into adding a new feature that would let users control which animations play in different groups and chats.
This updated functionality gives you even more power than the last one to choose which messages to animate. Additionally, this feature allows users to manage animations for emojis, stickers, and GIFs independently through three different choices.
It will lessen the load of annoying animations and make it simpler for users to tailor their chat experience.
For emojis, this means that the newly added animated emojis will look static if you turn off the autoplay feature. Similarly, animated stickers will remain immobile until users engage with them.
Also, GIFs follow the same logic; they won’t change unless the user presses a play button. Eventually, the app’s settings will make it easy for users to choose whether or not GIFs, emojis, and stickers should animate.
