Meta group for secure messages, WhatsApp, Foot A host of new features including the much-anticipated ability to add reactions to text messages. As in Messenger, it is now possible to reply to a message by placing your finger on it. The emoji will then appear alongside the usual functions such as ‘Reply’ or ‘Report’. Also in the program of this update, it will soon be possible to add up to 512 people within the same group and share files up to 2 GB (versus 100 MB previously).