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  • WhatsApp could soon add support for a double-tap gesture for reactions, allowing users to quickly react to messages with the heart emoji.
  • The feature is currently in development, and it will likely arrive with a future update.
  • WhatsApp is also adding a reactions button to its media viewer to let users react to photos and videos without closing the media viewer.

WhatsApp may soon support a new double-tap gesture that will let you quickly react to messages. The gesture is currently in development but could roll out to users with a future update.

WhatsApp’s message reactions feature currently requires you to tap and hold messages to open the reactions pop-up. You can then pick one of the default emoji reactions from the pop-up or select the “+” icon to choose a different reaction.