If you're a heavy WhatsApp user, get ready for its emoji to look a little different.
Emojipediasays the latest Android beta of the popular messaging app shows a tweaked set of emoji for the first time. Until now, WhatsApp was always using Apple's set of emoji.
SEE ALSO:How dancing emoji hijacked your job — and why there's no going backIf you use an Apple device, you'll probably continue to see the same emoji. But if you're on an Android, you'll see the new ones eventually.
That's because the way emoji looks is similar to a font. There's a standard Unicode set of emoji written out, and every handset maker draws their own emoji that corresponds to the character.
To use Apple's set, WhatsApp may have had to pay a licensing fee. The changes could have simply been down to doing away with that -- as its parent, Facebook, did a couple of years ago.
That's why you see one set of emoji on Facebook's web version, but the Apple one on the iPhone app. Samsung users see their own emoji, and Google makes another set for stock Android users.
Google's blob-like set of emoji designs.Credit: googleBut if you've been used to WhatsApp's current set of emoji, don't worry, the new changes are fairly slight.
This was probably done so as not to rock the boat for the hundreds of million Android WhatsApp users.
Credit: emojipediaTo use WhatsApp's emoji, you have to press the emoji button by the text field:
Credit: mashableThe emoji that comes with your keyboard will otherwise more likely be the one that your phone maker has set. (Basically, the ugly one that Samsung users have to live with.)
TopicsAndroidAppleFacebookiOSSocial MediaWhatsApp
(责任编辑：知識)
MashReads Podcast: What makes a good summer read?YubiKey Neo review: $50 gets you worryParkland survivor David Hogg's home was swatted in a dangerous prankFacebook Messenger is finally going to cut down on troll notificationsSnapchat is about to explode in popularity, report saysYou can now play 'Solitaire' and 'Tic
Google just added two new fun Easter eggs to its search results.
。You can now play 。 Solitaire
。and。 Ti
...[详细]Valve is gearing up to launch Steam officially in China
Steam is set to finally launch in China, a move that opens up the gaming distribution platform to a
...[详细]Dwayne Johnson wrote the sweetest Instagram post to his girlfriend for Mother's Day
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson just schooled us all on how to do Mother's Day.
。 Yesterday, Johnson posted
...[详细]How we faced much more than the dark in 'Are You Afraid of the Dark?'
This post is part of Mashable's You're Old Week. Break through the haze of nostalgia with us and see
...[详细]Visualizing July's astounding global temperature records
July set a rare temperature record during a year that is featuring off the charts warmth. The month
...[详细]Uber will shortly resume its self-driving tests, and is looking into benefits for drivers, CEO Dara
...[详细]Father of child in thrilling Paris rescue now faces neglect charges
The story of a dramatic rescue of a child that was dangling from a Paris balcony took a depressing t
...[详细]Kristen Stewart goes barefoot at Cannes, protests 'no flats' rule
That glorious feeling of ditching your high heels and sinking into the carpet with your bare feet? C
...[详细]Tesla's rumored P100D could make Ludicrous mode even more Ludicrous
A Tesla Model S P100D begs the question: What's more Ludicrous than Ludicrous?Right now, the biggest
...[详细]Forget the Notes app: 9 places we'd rather celebrities put their apologies
What do。 Lena Dunham 。, Logan Paul, and, most recently, Drake have in common? They've each at some po
...[详细]Tourist survives for month in frozen New Zealand wilderness after partner dies
Quantic Dream could be a gateway for novice gamers