Release notes
Redrawn in WhatsApp 2.22.8.79
WhatsApp redrew 99 emoji in this release, compared with 2.21.23.23. Each is shown beside the design it replaced.
Also in this release: 107 emoji added →
Handshake: Light Skin Tone
Handshake: Medium-Light Skin Tone
Handshake: Medium Skin Tone
Handshake: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Handshake: Dark Skin Tone
Person: Light Skin Tone
Person: Medium-Light Skin Tone
Person: Medium Skin Tone
Person: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Person: Dark Skin Tone
Person: Beard
Person: Light Skin Tone, Beard
Person: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Beard
Person: Medium Skin Tone, Beard
Person: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Beard
Person: Dark Skin Tone, Beard
People Holding Hands
People Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
People Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands
Women Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Women Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Woman and Man Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands
Men Holding Hands: Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium-Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Light Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone, Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Men Holding Hands: Dark Skin Tone
Kiss
Kiss: Woman, Man
Kiss: Man, Man
Kiss: Woman, Woman
Couple with Heart
Couple with Heart: Woman, Man
Couple with Heart: Man, Man
Couple with Heart: Woman, Woman
Fondue
Frequently asked questions
- What changed in WhatsApp 2.22.8.79?
- Compared with 2.21.23.23, WhatsApp 2.22.8.79 added 107 new emoji and redrew 99 existing designs.
- How is a redesign told apart from a re-release?
- By the artwork itself. Every image is stored with a checksum of its bytes, so a design counts as redrawn only when those bytes differ from 2.21.23.23. A version number cannot tell you this — most releases ship the same drawings unchanged.