Google has now announced a new set of emoji coming to Android, Chrome, and elsewhere and some of those will reportedly be animated. That’s based on recent news stemming from Google’s announcement.

The upcoming animated Spider-Man film, the emoji movie, a biblical Christmas feature, and sequels for Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania have been given release dates, Sony Pictures Animation announced ...

By animating some emojis, Google is adding motion to them to sprinkle some life to the chat. However, not all emojis are animated, as the available information shows off only the smiley collection.

Besides animated emoji, there are other new features that WhatsApp has been working on. For example, the platform is experimenting with short video messages – another feature that already exists ...

WhatsApp adding its own emoji to its iOS app The latest beta version of WhatsApp for iPhone, which is available through TestFlight, introduces some animated emoji that replace Apple’s emoji on iOS.

However, it’s highly likely that animated emoji will be available on all version of WhatsApp when released. WABetaInfo also has noted some minor improvements are arriving for the contact view ...