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Whatsapp users will be able to express themselves with stickers.
In a Thursday (Oct 25) blog post, the Facebook-owned mobile messaging application said it would be launching stickers, cartoons or images that resemble their real-life adhesive counterparts, for Android and iPhone "over the coming weeks".
"To start, we're launching sticker packs created by our designers at WhatsApp and a selection of stickers from other artists," it said.
For now, users will be able to download the new sticker packs for free.
WhatsApp added in its Thursday post it was added support for third party stickers packs to allow designers and developers to create stickers for the app.
It has also been released guidelines for sticker creators. Must have a transparent background, exactly 512 by 512 pixels wide, and have a file size of less than 100KB.
WhatsApp is rather late to the evening sticker. Other popular messaging apps like WeChat, Line and Telegram.
Technology news site TechCrunch reported that Facebook, WhatsApp's parent company, had launched as early as April 2013.
WhatsApp currently has GIFs and emojis as part of its non-verbal communication capabilities. The app has over 1.5 billion users worldwide, according to a TechCrunch report in February.
News site Quartz reported that fellow messaging app Line over $ 270 million (S $ 372.6 million) annually from sticker pack purchases.
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