They allow you to quickly react to posts and messages without necessarily having to reply to them.
Now, emoji reactions are also coming to a rather unlikely place:Gmail.
Yes, you read that right.
A smiley face icon will appear below messages on both mobile and desktop versions of Gmail for personal accounts.
Certain emojis, like , may even have special animations or effects.
This feature is available for the latest version of the Gmail app on Android and iOS devices.
Under the hood, these are just one-tap email replies.
This is to be expected, really.
But that’s really up to the development team of those clients.
Emoji reactions should roll out to everyone within the coming weeks, but you might have it already.