Release notes
Redrawn in WhatsApp 2.17
WhatsApp redrew 9 emoji in this release, compared with 2.16. Each is shown beside the design it replaced.
Also in this release: 2,635 emoji added →
Middle Finger
Middle Finger: Light Skin Tone
Middle Finger: Medium-Light Skin Tone
Middle Finger: Medium Skin Tone
Middle Finger: Medium-Dark Skin Tone
Middle Finger: Dark Skin Tone
Flag: England
Flag: Scotland
Flag: Wales
Frequently asked questions
- What changed in WhatsApp 2.17?
- Compared with 2.16, WhatsApp 2.17 added 2,635 new emoji and redrew 9 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 2.16. A version number cannot tell you this — most releases ship the same drawings unchanged.