WhatsApp is rolling out extra interactive stickers with fluid movement, courtesy of the brand new Lottie framework assist. In accordance with a characteristic tracker, this growth was first reported in a beta model of the WhatsApp for Android app in February however is now rolling out broadly with the most recent steady replace for each Android and iOS platforms. Stickers will now have extra dynamic animations, beginning with the primary sticker pack referred to as “I am Only a Woman”.
Lottie framework assist on WhatsApp
In accordance with characteristic tracker WABetaInfo, the assist for the Lottie framework is available to customers with the most recent model of WhatsApp for Android and iOS platforms. If customers can see the sticker pack on the WhatsApp sticker retailer, it could be enabled for them. With it, stickers now develop into extra dynamic.
Lottie-Supported Sticker Pack on WhatsApp
At current, sticker packs on WhatsApp are within the WebP format which permits builders to compress the picture dimension whereas sustaining its high quality on the internet. Nonetheless, the Lottie framework allows extra dynamic and fluid animations constructed on movement graphic design software program resembling Adobe After Results for native rending on cell units. Stickers created utilizing Lottie are stated to be based mostly on vectors. This primarily means builders (or customers) can scale the animations as per their desire with out having to sacrifice the decision.
The characteristic tracker says the “I am Only a Woman” sticker pack, developed by BUCK, is the primary official sticker pack constructed utilizing the brand new framework. It options stickers with extra fluid animations, not like different packs within the retailer. The “I am Only a Woman” sticker pack is 228KB in dimension.
Devices 360 workers members have been capable of confirm the supply of this sticker pack on a steady model of WhatsApp for each Android and iOS units.
Alongside new assist for the Lottie framework, Meta Platforms, the mother or father firm of WhatsApp, announced that it’s bringing Meta AI to India. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot was first introduced in April however was not launched within the nation. Nonetheless, it’s now stated to be rolling out to Indian customers and could also be seen within the coming days.
The AI chatbot will probably be powered by Meta’s in-house Llama 3 giant language mannequin (LLM) and will probably be accessible throughout apps resembling WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook.
