Gone are the days when consumers used emoji, gifs and stickers to express their emotions. People turn to Apple’s Memoji and Snapchat’s Bitmoji during chats and conversations. You can create your own version of these avatars using tons of customization options, dressing styles, hairstyles and more. Facebook is also getting on the train with the launch of Avatar. And the good news is that you can easily use Facebook Avatars during WhatsApp chats and even use this avatar as your screenshot in WhatsApp.
Facebook’s Avatars are a big deal compared to their rivals. Firstly, it directly reaches over a billion users, and secondly, the company has left nothing to it when it comes to customization options. In my experience, the customization options are even better than what Apple and Snapchat offer users.
After creating the Facebook Avatar from scratch, the company offers a list of ready-to-use avatars with different expressions and styles. Understandably, there is no direct way to save them to your phone gallery. But it provides a neat way to share them using other social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Messenger and more.
We have already covered a detailed guide on creating Facebook Avatars. In this post, we will talk about how to use Facebook Avatars in WhatsApp and Messenger. Lets start.
Create Facebook Avatars
We already have a detailed guide on creating Facebook Avatars from scratch. We won’t go into all the customization details and will quickly cover the process in the steps below.
Stage 1: Open the Facebook app on your iPhone or Android device.
Step 2: On iPhone, go to the Facebook menu in the lower right corner. If you are using Facebook on Android, the option will be in the upper right corner.
Stage 3: Select Avatars.
Step 4: It will open the avatar creation menu with tons of customization options.
Step 5: Now it’s time to add more items to your Avatar. You can choose skin tones, hairstyle, face shape, glasses, beard and even customize your clothes according to your look and style.
Step 6: You can return to the menu at any time and change any details. Once done, hit the Done button in the upper right corner.
Avatar is now available for use on Facebook. Tap on the stickers menu above and see ready-to-use stickers based on your Avatar.
Use Facebook Avatars on WhatsApp
Facebook’s flawless Avatar app allows you to use them in Facebook comments section, Facebook Messenger and set as profile picture. But the process is not that easy when you try to use it on WhatsApp. Follow the steps below to use Facebook Avatars on WhatsApp.
Stage 1: During WhatsApp conversations, you can experience the feeling of using a Facebook Avatar in the chat. To do this, open the Facebook app on your device.
Step 2: Go to the Facebook menu and upload your current Avatar.
Stage 3: Tap the Sticker menu in the upper right corner and install all the default stickers based on your Avatar.
Step 4: Tap on the sticker you want to use on WhatsApp and it will ask you to share it using the local Share menu.
Step 5: Select More options and tap WhatsApp. Select the conversation you want to share the sticker with and WhatsApp will share it as a picture.
The problem with the method is that you will have to go to the Avatar menu in the Facebook app every time to share your Avatar sticker on WhatsApp. Better solution, you can save these Facebook Avatars as an image in your phone gallery and use image picker in WhatsApp to send Avatars.
Save Facebook Avatars to Phone
After sharing Facebook Avatar on WhatsApp, it is quite easy to save them on phone. Let me explain in detail.
First of all, you need to share your Facebook Avatar on WhatsApp using the trick above. Now follow the step-by-step instructions below to save Facebook Avatars to phone gallery.
Stage 1: Open the WhatsApp conversation where you shared the Facebook Avatars.
Step 2: Tap the Avatar photo you want to save.
Stage 3: Tap the Share button in the lower left corner.
Step 4: Select Save and it will save Facebook Avatar photo to device gallery.
You can now easily send Facebook Avatar in a chat using the default image picker in WhatsApp.
It also offers to set Avatar as Profile Picture in WhatsApp when you use the share button on WhatsApp to save the picture. Crop the picture circularly and you’d be good to set it as your screenshot in WhatsApp.
How to Edit Your Avatar
Have you styled your hair recently or started wearing glasses? You may want to update your Facebook Avatar according to your new look.
To edit your avatar, go to the Avatar menu and tap the Edit button. Make the necessary changes from the familiar Avatar creation menu and hit the Done button at the top.
Share Facebook Avatars On The Go
Facebook may be late to this game, but Avatar’s overall implementation is thoughtful. There are rich customization options for creating avatars and you can use it all over the app, also on other platforms like WhatsApp, iMessage and more using the share menu. Now go ahead and impress your friends with unique Facebook Avatars.
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