A fresh beta update for WhatsApp has been launched for Android, bringing the app to version 2.25.15.13 through Google Play’s Beta Program. It presents a fun and captivating “Add Yours” sticker. With this new tool, users will be able to publish their custom genres in their status updates.
It is currently available to some beta testers, and its dissemination will unfold to more people in the future. The idea is to make status sharing more engaging by letting people join in themed prompts and challenges using photos or videos, and thus making the experience on the app more creative and interactive.
Today, in this article, we will see what feature you will get in this new WhatsApp Beta for Android 2.25.15.13 update and who can use it.
What is the “Add Yours” Sticker?
The “Add Yours” sticker is a new feature that enables users to post a prompt/topic in their WhatsApp status. Users can attach the sticker of their question, topic, or idea – e.g., “Add yours: your weekend picture, to a picture or video. When friends view the status, they can tap the sticker to respond by creating their status update using the same sticker for the topic.
This creates an interesting chain of responses with the same theme. It is a clever way of inviting friends to contribute something alike, be it pet photos, travel shots, or daily moments, all united in a common idea.
How to Use the Feature
It is easy to use the feature if available on the device. First, open the Status tab and pick a photo or video that you would like to share. Next, tap the sticker icon and choose the “Add Yours” option. After that, you can write your topic/question in and stick the sticker into your status media.
After it is published, any person who stares at your status can touch the sticker and post their picture or video related to it as a new status. It makes a typical update more collaborative and appealing, inviting others to join in on the theme.
Privacy and Visibility
While this feature promotes socializing, WhatsApp still considers privacy and control. When asking for a response to your prompt, the person’s update will be visible only to their contacts, not a public gallery. There’s no one central perspective of all replies and no way to trace a post back to the originator, without both sides being contacts sharing statuses.
This implies that responses are independent and private and that users are kept safe while having fun, alternatively, with chain-style participation. WhatsApp end-to-end encryption is evidently in use, meaning that any shared content is secure and viewable only by specified viewers.
Who Can Use the Feature?
Some beta testers who are using version 2.25.15.13 of WhatsApp for Android are currently enabled with the feature. Not all users will, however, see immediately. WhatsApp sometimes rolls new features out in several phases, thereby implying that some testers may get it before others.
Also , some users of the stable version of WhatsApp reported being able to view the “Add Yours” sticker. This means that WhatsApp is doing this via a server-side update, only when updating app versions. So even if you have updated the app and do not have the option yet, it will show up on your device in the coming days.
Already Available on iOS
The “Add Yours” sticker was initially introduced in the iOS beta version 25.14.77. It enabled iPhone users to send a status prompt where other people were encouraged to respond using their media with the same topic. With the release of Android, WhatsApp is trying to develop a similar experience across platforms.
Now, both Android and iOS users can experience the same creative interaction, which contributes to the growth of status chains and an attractive stay on the app for whatever device one is using. This cross-platform availability also enables the majority of users to respond to each other’s prompts, hence encouraging interaction/engagement.
Making Status More Fun and Engaging
This update is one of the measures that WhatsApp is making to make the status more interactive. The “add your” sticker makes one’s posts more fun by forming a chain of themed updates. Rather than just viewing someone’s status, one can now join and post his or her version of the topic. It is a creative tool that adds more personality to the app and adds excitement to the app.
Whether users post jokes or favorite meals, in their travel memories or their life updates, the sticker makes the status area feel like a much more back-and-forth, idea-sharing, connecting, even, place without ever making what they have to say public.