We are going to explain how to send animated stickers on WhatsApp , one of the functions that was introduced at the beginning of June 2020 , and that finally begins to be usable after the publication of the first pack of stickers for the application . At the moment there is only one, but the steps that we are going to tell you will be valid for the rest when they begin to arrive.
Something you should keep in mind is that to use this function you must have the Beta version of WhatsApp installed , and it must be updated to its latest version. If you need it, in its day we will teach you step by step how to sign up and download the beta version of WhatsApp . We will take today's step by step assuming that you already have this beta, but if you do not want to complicate yourself, in a few weeks it should also reach the rest of the users.
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Download animated stickers on WhatsApp
The first thing you have to do is enter WhatsApp, and go to the conversation in which you want to send the sticker. It does not matter if it is a group or an individual chat. Once inside, click on the smiley face button that you have below, just to the left of where you write the text.
A tab will open at the bottom to send emojis, gifs and stickers. Here you will have your animated sticker if you have already downloaded it, and if not, you will have to download it first. To do this, first click on the sticker icon (1) that appears on the far right. Once you do, click on the button with the plus symbol (2) that will appear at the top right, and that is used to download a new sticker.
You will enter the internal WhatsApp sticker store. In it, go to the All stickers section , and inside, click on the download button of the pack of stickers you want to download, in this case the animated ones. The download button is the one with the down arrow, but you can also click on the stickers to see a preview.
Something that you should keep in mind is that the stickers that are animated have the Play or reproduction icon next to the name . Thanks to this symbol, you will be able to differentiate animated stickers from the rest as soon as new collections begin to arrive.
From now on, every time you enter the stickers or stickers section in WhatsApp, you will see this new animated pack that you have downloaded in a tab. When you click on the tab, you will see them move so that you can see how they behave before clicking on them to send them .