{"id":498,"date":"2026-01-03T05:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T05:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/?p=498"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:57:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T11:57:05","slug":"whatsapp-brings-new-year-2026-cheer-with-new-stickers-call-effects-and-status-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/whatsapp-brings-new-year-2026-cheer-with-new-stickers-call-effects-and-status-features\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Brings New Year 2026 Cheer With New Stickers, Call Effects, and Status Features"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"692\">To celebrate the arrival of New Year 2026, WhatsApp has introduced a range of festive features designed to make conversations more fun and interactive. The popular messaging platform has rolled out a brand-new 2026 sticker pack featuring party-themed designs that users can easily share with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"917\">Alongside stickers, WhatsApp has added animated visual effects for video calls. During calls, users can now enjoy celebratory overlays such as fireworks, stars, and confetti, creating a lively New Year atmosphere on screen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"1233\">WhatsApp has also enhanced message reactions for the occasion. When users react to messages using the confetti emoji, special animated effects appear, adding a festive touch to chats. In addition, animated stickers are now supported in Status updates, allowing users to express their New Year mood more creatively.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1402\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">To complete the celebration, WhatsApp has introduced a special 2026-themed layout for Status updates, helping users ring in the New Year with a fresh and festive look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate the arrival of New Year 2026, WhatsApp has introduced a range of festive features designed to make conversations more fun and interactive. The popular messaging platform has rolled out a brand-new 2026 sticker pack featuring party-themed designs that users can easily share with friends and family. Alongside stickers, WhatsApp has added animated visual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buzzmeeh.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}