Celebratory emoji reactions – including champagne flutes, popping bottle, or the party hat and party popper – release a pop of confetti on your screen.

While the confetti animation is likely to remain a part of WhatsApp’s emoji reactions beyond the holidays, the party popper emoji might not stay in the default tray after the season ends.

Funky new emoji update is coming to WhatsApp that will add a sprinkle of fun to chats with friends, leak suggests. Leak shows an animated version of 'Face with Party Horn and Party Hat' emoji ...

It depicts the Face with Party Horn and Party Hat emoji (🥳) bouncing and spinning around. It seems that when an animated version of a specific emoji is available, WhatsApp will share that one ...