Whats App For Android Update Introduces Latest Features Including Middle Finger Emoji
For WhatsApp users who have ever wished for a "middle finger emoji" to convey their emotions, the wait is over. Now, users of the mobile messaging app on Android devices get treated to this emoji, which is offered in an array of skin tones, along with other new features.
WhatsApp has revealed it is making available to its Android users added features, which include new emojis, custom notifications, as well as a new "low data" mode for phone calls.
Apart from the middle finger emoji, the app also offers the Vulcan salute from Star Trek available in different skin tones as well. The Vulcan salute emoji, reports say, is also supported on iOS.
Earlier this summer, netizen Stephen Wilkinson revealed the news on Twitter: "There is a new, hidden feature in the latest WhatsApp update for Android... [T]hey've created an 'up yours' (middle finger) emoji."
Meanwhile, reports say using the middle finger emoji could land the user in jail when using it in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as the nation has recently passed a Cyber Crime Law that can fine natives up to AED250,000, or about $68,000, for swearing or sending insults through messaging apps, email, as well as social media. A traveler or an expatriate, however, could face deportation if found guilty of violating the law. Authorities in the UAE, according to a report, have already warned users that sending a middle finger emoji would be punishable under the new law.
A study from GlobalWebIndex reveals that three-quarters of WhatsApp users are on Android, while 22 percent of the users are on iOS, which could perhaps explain why WhatsApp has decided to roll out new features for Android devices first.
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