{"id":147483,"date":"2015-08-30T14:29:53","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T14:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=147483"},"modified":"2015-08-30T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T14:29:53","slug":"the-middle-finger-emoji-is-now-a-real-thing-for-whatsapp-users-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=147483","title":{"rendered":"The middle-finger emoji is now a real thing for WhatsApp users on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp&#8217;s Android users got a few new emoji to play around with.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp is treating its Android users to several new features including new emoji, custom notifications and a new &#8220;low data&#8221; mode for phone calls.<\/p>\n<p>The new emoji offerings include, infamously, the middle finger as well as the Vulcan Salute from<em>Star Trek<\/em>, both of which are available in different skin tones, which are also present in other emoji within the app. The Vulcan Salute is also supported on iOS, though it&#8217;s not part of the stock emoji keyboard.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"microcontent-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"microcontent-shares\" data-description=\"\" data-fragment=\"m!c6b7\" data-image=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE1LzA4LzI2L2FiL1doYXRzQXBwRW1vLjhhYzdiLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/159c41b8\/758\/WhatsApp-Emoji-1-640x477.jpg\" data-url=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"WhatsApp Emoji 1\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE1LzA4LzI2L2FiL1doYXRzQXBwRW1vLjhhYzdiLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/159c41b8\/758\/WhatsApp-Emoji-1-640x477.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp Emoji 1\" width=\"366\" height=\"273\" data-credit-link=\"\" data-credit-name=\"WhatsApp\" data-credit-label=\"\" data-credit-provider=\"Custom type\" data-caption=\"\" data-width=\"640\" data-fragment=\"m!c6b7\" data-image=\"http:\/\/rack.3.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE1LzA4LzI2L2FiL1doYXRzQXBwRW1vLjhhYzdiLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4\/159c41b8\/758\/WhatsApp-Emoji-1-640x477.jpg\" data-micro=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The update also added new custom notification settings that allow you to set different notifications for the different chats you&#8217;re in or mute specific conversations entirely.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"microcontent\" data-fragment=\"chats-now-also-work\" data-description=\"Chats now also work a little more like email\" data-micro=\"1\">Chats now also work a little more like email<\/span> in that you can mark messages as read or unread.<\/p>\n<p>Those who use WhatsApp to make voice calls can also take advantage of a new &#8220;low data usage&#8221; mode, which reduces the mount of data that&#8217;s used during phone calls made through the app. This will be particularly useful for people who often make calls through the app while not on Wi-Fi, as the setting could help you from chewing through your data.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the Android app also makes it easier share contact information with the people you message. When you receive contact details in a contact card, you&#8217;re now able to save the information or start a new WhatsApp message from within the app.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0&#8211;<\/div>\n<div>Source: Mashable<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp&#8217;s Android users got a few new emoji to play around with. WhatsApp is treating its Android users to several new features including new emoji, custom notifications and a new &#8220;low data&#8221; mode for phone calls. The new emoji offerings include, infamously, the middle finger as well as the Vulcan Salute fromStar Trek, both of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-147483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-akwasi-osei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=147483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}