React to a message

What is this?

With reactions you can answer a single chat message with an emoji, such as a thumbs-up, a heart or a laughing face. Reactions are ideal for quickly signaling "Got it" or "I like this" without flooding the chat with short replies like "Okay" or "Thanks".

How to react to a message

1. Open the chat with the message.
2. Click or tap the smiley icon below the message (Add reaction).
3. Pick an emoji from the selection: 👍 ❤️ 😂 🎉 😮 😢 😠 🤔 👏 🔥.

The reaction appears below the message right away, with the number of members who used the same emoji. To see who reacted how, use the people icon "Who reacted?" on the web, or press and hold an emoji in the app.

Permission

You need the View chats permission and must be a participant of the chat. All members have this permission by default.

Tips

• Use reactions instead of short replies. That saves a lot of unnecessary notifications in group chats.
• Thumbs up is the universal "Okay, got it". A heart expresses agreement or appreciation.
• For quick polls you can use reactions to get a sense of the mood, for example thumbs up on a question.
• For formal votes, a notification with a poll works better. There you can trace every vote.