or flag a raised-hand emoji when you raise your hand. Gesture recognition won’t be news to those who use Zoom’s iPad and iPhone apps, which have supported the same two gestures since last summer.

Similar to a video call in Google Meet, the WhatsApp beta only presents a handful of options, like the thumbs-up emoji or heart emoji. Both the hand-raising option and emoji reactions are tucked ...

WhatsApp is working on emoji reactions and a raise hand feature for video calls. The new features appear in beta version 2.25.5.21. You can access these features by tapping on the horizontal three ...

Baffled by an upside-down smiley face? Join the club! The “woman tipping hand” emoji was among the most confounding for people across the country, according to a study conducted last month ...