A year agone we reported that Facebook had rolled out its Reactions feature, which lets you use buttons for Dear, Haha, Wow, Deplorable and Angry for when a Like but doesn't cut it. Now that characteristic is coming to Messenger, too, and rolling out on iOS correct now. Y'all tin add emoji to a message simply by holding information technology and selecting ane.

How to use Facebook Reactions

Facebook Reactions work in exactly the aforementioned way as the Like button used to, which is both adept and bad. Also see: All-time Facebook tips and tricks.

The good: They're simple to use. You tap on the Similar button to admission Reactions, and if y'all afterwards change your heed yous can tap on it once more to retrieve your support. Facebook will show the three about popular Reactions underneath each postal service.

It's now much easier to piece of work out what to do when you want to show back up for a post but don't desire to announced crass. For example, you're not really happy that your all-time friend's true cat has died - are you? Now y'all can choose another Reaction (nosotros recommend the Sad push button).

The bad: If you show empathy with a lot of lamentable posts or limited your anger at a lot of unhappy posts, you'll see more than of that blazon of content in your News Feed in the same way that Facebook volition testify you more of the sort of posts you Like.

How to employ Facebook Reactions on a laptop or PC

Facebook Reactions browser

Facebook has already rolled out Reactions to the web, then y'all shouldn't need to do anything special before you can utilize information technology.

Open Facebook in your web browser and find a post you'd like to express some sort of sentiment with. Hold the mouse cursor over the Similar button and six Reactions will pop up. Choose the one that all-time fits your reaction: Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad or Angry. Also see: How to stop Facebook automatically playing videos.

How to use Facebook Reactions on a phone or tablet

Facebook Reactions mobile

Facebook has too rolled out Reactions to Android and iOS, and if you aren't yet able to access the feature you should make sure you are using the latest version of the app - check whether an update is bachelor at the App Store or Google Play.

If y'all are using the latest version and still tin't see Reactions, try closing and reopening the Facebook app.

On an iPhone or iPad y'all can double-tap the Home button to bring up your open apps, then swipe the Facebook app up off the top of the screen to shut it. Now relaunch the Facebook app from the Home screen.

On an Android phone or tablet, bring up your multitasking carte (which is achieved by pressing or long-pressing one of the three buttons under the screen - in the case of our Samsung Galaxy S6 you lot tap the button to the left of the Home button) and swipe the Facebook app off the side of the screen. Now relaunch Facebook in the usual way.

To add together a Reaction to a Facebook post, once again find i you want to express some sort of sentiment toward, and so tap and hold the Like push button. The same six Reactions will pop up, and yous just tap the ane that suits. If you only tap the Like push it acts the aforementioned equally earlier, and yous'll merely Like that post.