The new reaction button is set to appear on Messenger Friday and on Facebook next week Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her ...

Facebook is making conversations within Messenger more dynamic and interactive. Starting today, you’ll be able to post a reaction to specific messages and receive notifications when someone mentions ...

Facebook is here to give its users a way to show some extra support. Because of the continual stress many are under with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Facebook released a new hug reaction for ...

A Google Messages update rolling out now enables Android device users to see iMessage reactions as attached emoji instead of confusing strings of inline text. Prior to the change, Google Messages ...

Google appears to be working on a new Gmail feature that would let users react to their inbox with emoji through at least the Android and iOS mobile apps. Emoji reactions are, notably, already ...

Finally, the feature everyone has been asking for: Gmail 👏 emoji 👏 reactions 👏. You can now reply to an email just like it’s an instant messaging chat, tacking on a “crying laughing” emoji to an ...

Outlook will soon support reactions on iOS and Android. The feature should help clear up inbox clutter by allowing people to respond with an emoji rather than sending a short email. Reaction support ...