Beta testers can create their virtual self now

WhatsApp continually adds new features, as we have just seen with the ability to create and share links to WhatsApp video calls and voice calls. However, since it’s owned by the Meta, sometimes those new additions feel more subservient to their parents’ goals than anything else, and right now, that means anything metaverse-related. We first heard about WhatsApp’s plans to implement Facebook’s Bitmoji-style avatars earlier this year, and now they’re finally starting to arrive for some beta testers.

WABetaInfo reports that the latest beta version of the app (v2.22.23.9) has started allowing testers to set up avatars on the platform for the first time. Similar to how your Bitmoji character…