In an effort to keep Facebook relevant and continue Instagram’s losing battle against TikTok, Meta recently introduced a feature that it probably could’ve delivered years ago: Avatars. Will Avatars ...

Your Meta mini-me is about to get a makeover. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.), announced via Facebook post that the social media platform’s avatar feature will receive ...

What is an avatar and what is it for? An avatar is a cartoon-style representation of yourself, they are fully customisable to achieve as much likeness as possible. An avatar can be used as a smiley or ...

Many online communities allow users to use an avatar to accompany their user name. Facebook, however, encourages users to use their own names and pictures. While the use of your own name is actually a ...

From Apple's Memoji to Snapchat's Bitmoji, avatars have become a super common way to express our emotions. Rather than sending the standard emoji, a cartoon version of yourself gets the point across ...

Say goodbye to the days of only being able to express your emotions through the generic sad, happy, angry or thumbs up emojis on Facebook. Facebook rolled out its Avatar feature to users in the US ...

Due to their recent focus on the 'metaverse', Meta has been churning out new interactive features so users can dive deeper into the realm of the virtual universe. Announced earlier this year, Meta's ...

You’ve probably seen people posting avatars that look almost like Bitmoji or Memoji avatars all over your Facebook feed. If you can’t figure out how to get your own, don’t worry. The process isn’t ...

Sophia Waterfield is a reporter for Newsweek based at its London bureau. She has written for publications such as Metro UK, New Scientist, and Forbes.com, and has covered topics such as business ...