How to send Stickers on Whatsapp and download new stickers for chats

Finally, after waiting for months, WhatsApp has launched the long-awaited function of the Stickers, that is cute and animated stickers to send in chats instead of Emojis or GIFs. WhatsApp stickers they work in a similar way to those of Facebook and Telegram (where they have been present for years), with a section dedicated to stickers and the possibility of adding new sticker packs. Stickers work like emoticons and can be sent in any chat by tapping a sticker icon in the selection interface that appears by pressing the smiley button next to the write box. Like emojis, stickers also serve to convey emotions and moods without having to write words, which are also included in some stickers.
While to send the stickers it’s simple, in this article we see all the possibilities to add the most used ones to your favorites, to group them and to download stickers for Whatsapp.

How to send Stickers Stickers in Whatsapp (on Android, iPhone and also from Whatsapp Web).

To send stickers, tap the emoji icon next to the WhatsApp typing area. While before there were only emojis and GIFs, now you will find the sticker icon. You can send stickers both on individual chats and in groups.

Recently used stickers, are kept close at hand like emojis, so you can find and send them quickly. When you open the sticker panel, the recently used stickers are in the first tab at the top, with an icon that looks like a clock.

Each Sticker can then be added to your favorites, to create a special collection of the ones you like best, for easier access. To find your favorite stickers, open the sticker panel and tap the Star icon. To add stickers to the favorites section, tap and hold on the chosen sticker, then from the pop-up menu, tap add.

In the button bar above the stickers, in addition to the favorites and recent buttons, there is also a button with a heart icon that allows you to view the various stickers based on emotions. You will then be able to see the stickers with happy faces or the sad ones, the affectionate ones and the alert ones.

Group stickers

When multiple stickers are sent at the same time in a conversation, WhatsApp automatically groups them into pairs to save space on the chat screen. To see the groupings of stickers you will have to close the chat and then reopen it. As you will notice, at the beginning only one type of stickers is available.
To add other stickers to Whatsapp, in the selection screen, you must press the + key on the right in the button bar of the row with favorites, recent and heart. Here you will find all the sticker packs available from Whatsapp, which you can download for free. All added stickers will be visible on the screen My Stickers.
In this list it is possible to order different types of stickers by holding down one of them and then using the button to move them (the one with four lines). Once the order is changed, it will automatically reflect on the main Whatsapp stickers screen. To delete a particular package, from the My Stickers screen, tap the trash can icon.
Thanks to the use of your favorite stickers it is also possible send Memoji and Animoji on Whatsapp from Android.

Download or create new Stickers (Android only)

Scrolling through the list of all the stickers (on Whatsapp for Android), you can touch the key for download more stickers, which refers to the application store, or you can directly download one of these apps, the ones with the best stickers. Once you have installed a sticker app, these will be visible in the list directly on Whatsapp. Obviously, by removing the app, the various stickers will disappear.

Between best sticker packs for android that you can install on whatsapp we can download for free:

• Sticker Studio offers a variety of stickers divided into various categories and the ability to easily create new ones.

• Wemoji – WhatsApp Sticker Maker, allows you to easily cut a selfie photo and create the sticker to send on Whatsapp, with the addition of writings or other graphic elements.
• 10 Sticker Packs, featuring Telegram’s 10 most popular sticker packs. There are stickers with bunnies, birds, crocodiles, cats, cute sharks, dogs, penguins, polar bears and unicorns.
• Halloween stickers with cute scary designs, and 10 different types of stickers, beautiful to use not only on Halloween but at any time.
• Sticker Packs For Whatsapp allows you to create new stickers using any image or photo, custom designs, written texts, emoticons.
• Sticker Maker is another application that can be used to create new stickers with your photos.
• Bigmoji is another app to have the classic Emoji as a sticker, only much larger.
• New Stickers is a rather rich collection of stickers for Whatsapp, which includes stickers for Christmas, Animals, TV Shows, Video Games, Celebrities, Soccer and much more.

The groups of stickers added and downloaded will also appear on the Whatsapp Web site, to be sent also from PC

Finally, remember that it is possible to send personalized stickers even with your own face.
We have seen how to do it, in the guide on how create animated stickers with our face for Messenger and Whatsapp.