A Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch that Avatars was available in Australia and New Zealand prior to Tuesday’s announcement.Īs my colleague Josh Constine wrote last year, “Avatars aren’t quite as cute or hip to modern slang as Bitmoji. Users can create their avatar from the sticker tray in the comment section of a News Feed post or in Messenger. The feature, which Facebook sees as an expression tool, is aimed at making engagements on the social service fun, youthful, visually communicative, and “more light-hearted.” The social giant’s Avatars, a clone of Snapchat’s popular Bitmoji, was first unveiled last year. Meta has now made the avatars into a 3D visual and has allowed their users to apply them from feed posts, and Facebook profile pictures, to Instagram Stories.Facebook Avatars, which lets users customize a virtual lookalike of themselves for use as stickers in chat and comments, is now available across Europe, the company said today. Meta hasn't clarified when it intends to release the feature for everyone on Android and all iOS users.Īvatars were first introduced in 2019 in Messenger and News Feed and were then available for use in Facebook comments and Stories in 2020. WABetaInfo first spotted was the first to spot the feature last month but it is now being rolled out to WhatsApp users officially. The app will then generate sticker packs with their avatar in various poses and expressions, for a more exciting messaging experience with friends and family. Users will expect to see a new 'Avatar' category in Settings that they can customize into a digital version of themselves. The messenger app is expected to roll out support for customizable avatars in their upcoming update 2.22.23.9 beta on Android for selected users. Popular messaging app WhatsApp will be introducing Bitmoji-style avatars after Instagram, letting users customize their digital selves. WhatsApp logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022.
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