WhatsApp Beta Now Lets You Create Group Icons with Emojis and Stickers

whatsapp now lets you set emojis and stickers as group profile icons

After releasing WhatsApp beta 2.21.23.14 yesterday with the option to hide last seen from specific people, the developers at WhatsApp have released beta version 2.21.23.15 for Android today. And as first spotted by tipster WABetaInfo, the update comes with a new feature that lets you use emojis and stickers as WhatsApp group profile pictures.

Set Emojis and Stickers as Group Icon on WhatsApp

If you are on WhatsApp beta 2.21.23.15 or newer, you can tap the pencil icon in the group icon screen to access the new ‘Emojis & stickers’ option. It is present between the existing ‘Gallery’ and ‘Search web’ options, as you can see in the image below:

emojis and stickers whatsapp

You can then switch between emojis and stickers from the bottom bar. WhatsApp has also added a total of 11 pastel colors as the background for the emoji or sticker you will be using. You can pick one of the available colors from the color picker present below the profile picture preview.

emojis and stickers panel

Since WhatsApp doesn’t support animated profile pictures, you will get a static preview if you choose to use animated stickers. While the output is satisfactory for stickers, it looks a bit pixelated when you’re using emojis.

emojis and stickers profile preview

At this moment, the option to set emojis and stickers as the profile picture is limited to WhatsApp groups. Hence, you can’t use this to directly set your own WhatsApp profile picture. You could, however, choose to set an emoji or sticker profile picture to a group, save it to your gallery, and use that image as your profile picture if you really need it.

As is the case with all beta features, we will have to wait for WhatsApp to make this feature available in the stable version of the app. Is this feature something you see yourself using in your WhatsApp groups? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.

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  • Sagar says:

    Hello sir in my WhatsApp( Ability To Set “Search Web” Or Use Emoji For Profile Photo) it is not working .what happened in my WhatsApp . Just told me sir

  • Danyal Hassan says:

    What’s important or helpful in this update? It was even able to be done before the option availability on whatsapp.
    It would be a great step if the icon we want to set was in animated form. I mean if we set GIF file on the group icon then whatsapp should let the GIF to play.
    Otherwise it’s a useless update and feature.

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