Facebook will roll out new reaction buttons amid COVID-19 crisis
Facebook officially announced that the company will roll out its seventh reaction button on the Facebook app as well as the updated “heart” button on Messenger.
This, as Facebook’s EMEA Communications Manager for Engineering Alexandru Voica tweeted on his personal Twitter account, announcing the new “Care” reaction on Facebook and Messenger app.
We’re launching new Care reactions on @facebookapp and @Messenger as a way for people to share their support with one another during this unprecedented time.
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
We hope these reactions give people additional ways to show their support during the #COVID19 crisis. pic.twitter.com/HunGyK8KQw
According to Alexandru Voica, the seventh reaction button will exist starting next week.
On Facebook, we will launch a seventh Reaction alongside the existing six. The new Care Reaction will start rolling out next week globally and you can use it to react to posts, comments, images, videos, or other content on the app and https://t.co/t0PZL74vjg pic.twitter.com/PkpbCoPc4F
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
Aside from the seventh reaction button on its Facebook app, Voica also announced that Messenger already rolled out “pulsating” purple heart reaction button. In order to update the said reaction button, users will press and hold down the existing read heart reaction in order to view the updated heart reaction.
Messenger is rolling out a pulsating heart Reaction today so people can show extra love and care to their friends and family.
— Alexandru Voica (@alexvoica) April 17, 2020
To update the reaction, you can press and hold down the heart reaction to view the new one. To change it back, press and hold the new Reaction again. pic.twitter.com/PufyOsm7zU
When asked if these reaction buttons would exist temporarily, Voica said that there’s a possibility that this would make these reaction buttons permanent as Facebook, according to him, “wasn’t just tied to one moment.”
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