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Facebook launches Avatars, its Bitmoji competitor, in the U.S.

Facebook’s Avatars function, which helps you to customise a digital lookalike of your self to be used as stickers in feedback and Messenger chats, is nowadays launching in the U.S. Essentially Facebook’s model of Snap’s Bitmoji, Avatars had been first presented final 12 months and feature been since ma…
Facebook’s Avatars feature, which lets you customize a virtual lookalike of yourself for use as stickers in comments and Messenger chats, is today launching in the U.S. Essentially Facebook’s version of Snap’s Bitmoji, Avatars were first introduced last year and have been since ma…

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