No emojis in Viva Engage

[Cloudfreunde-OP]

Hello dear community,
I love viva enage and the path it has taken.

Now with the co-pilot in preview, things are really coming together.

Just one question has been bothering me for a long time:
Does anyone here know why emojis have not been used on a social platform like this until now?

Yes, you can react with emojis, but what would be much more important is to use emojis when writing a discussion question or post.

And if someone knows the answer, why was it omitted ?

Many thanks in advance.

[#2]

@Cloudfreunde-OP 

You can use emojis, just use the emoji keyboard that's built into your OS, So Windows-key and . will bring it up :)

[#3]

yes ok, that's a good workaround.

but i don't think that can be the long term solution, also how to explain to customers.
How it works on a mac?

And the question remains, why are there emojis in Teams and not in Engage?

[#4]

Fn + E should do it!

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-emoji-and-symbols-on-mac-mchlp1560/mac

[#5]

I see your point about the emoji feature in Teams, alongside GIFs that is similar to the GIF feature in Viva Engage. Teams also has stickers, which Viva Engage doesn't have.

I think the most obvious reason for the difference is the concept of product simplicity. Viva Engage errs on the side of simplicity much more than Teams does.

[#6]

Yes, you're right, it is fundamentally simpler.
But we're talking about emojis here, which already exist for reactions to a post, for example.
And I don't believe that emojis make the product "more complicated", on the contrary.

Anyway, is there a place for viva engage to request such a feature?

Thanks for the exchange

[#7]

You can give feedback here:
https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/bd6e5ec2-3f1c-ec11-b6e7-0022481f8472

[#8]

Viva Engage is expanding the reaction set from 6 to 30. It won't be adding a Teams-like Emoji add-in function (next to GIF, etc.) but will greatly improve the options for reactions. (Like, Love, Sad, etc.)
https://pupuweb.com/mc697805-expanded-reactions-viva-engage/

[#9]

For all those who are interested, here is the link to the feedback request.

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/a3ead4d4-95c1-ee11-92bd-6045bd7b0481