WhatsApp Update: Instant messaging platform WhatsApp has reportedly started rolling out a new feature for importing animated sticker packs. The Facebook-owned company is introducing this feature in India and across other parts of the globe. According to several reports, WhatsApp will roll out the animated sticker import feature over the next 24 hours.

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Users who want to take advantage of the animated sticker pack import support will have to update their app to the latest version and then download one of the many “sticker maker” apps on the Play Store or Apple’s App Store, where they can create their own animated sticker packs and then import them into WhatsApp.

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WABetaInfo took to micro-blogging site Twitter and wrote "I'm happy to announce that WhatsApp is releasing TODAY the possibility to import animated sticker packs WORLDWIDE, for ALL iOS and Android users!. The feature will appear on your WhatsApp version within 24 hours. Enjoy sending your animated stickers, guide in the article.". WABetaInfo is a website that tracks developments happening with respect to WhatsApp.  

"WhatsApp is rolling out the possibility to import third-party animated sticker packs in Brazil, India, and Indonesia, for iOS and Android users TODAY!. Sticker Maker app will help you to create animated sticker packs within the next few hours," the website has added.

WhatsApp has supported animated stickers on both iOS and Android for a while now, but people have been using the stickers that have been provided by the app’s sticker portal.

 The messaging platform is now allowing users to import animated images as sticker packs (using a compatible app) into WhatsApp -- just like users can already import sticker packs made of static images into the app.

In another development, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered a probe over its recent privacy policy. The competition watchdog has said that the online messaging platform has contravened the provisions of Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 through its "exploitative and exclusionary conduct" in the garb of policy update, the IANS news agency reported.