How to download and send Diwali 2022 WhatsApp stickers: Step-by-step guide

The Indian festival of lights, Diwali, is here, and people around the country are excited to celebrate it with their near and dear ones. However, even at this time, some are far from their home or cannot see their friends on occasion. For such people, social media and instant messaging platforms are a few ways to express their wishes for one another. Among all the other platforms, WhatsApp seems to be a user-favourite as people can share stickers and GIFs to wish each other. Here is how you can get Diwali stickers for WhatsApp and send them to your loved ones. 

How to download Diwali 2022 stickers for WhatsApp?

WhatsApp has added a couple of new Diwali-themed stickers. Users can access them within the app without downloading or opening any third-party apps. 

• All one needs to do is open WhatsApp, open the chat where the Diwali stickers are to be sent, tap on the search icon and type "Diwali."
• If there's a need, tap on the Get More Stickers prompt on the screen and find the Happy Diwali sticker pack by Sumouli Dutta (to preview, tap on the sticker app).
• Now, press the download button beside the sticker pack, and that's it. The sticker pack will be visible in the WhatsApp chat in the Stickers section.
• Most of the stickers in this pack are animated. Since sticker packs are not that large, users should be able to download them quickly, even on mobile data.

While that is how one can download the Diwali 2022 WhatsApp Sticker pack, what if someone needs to forward a sticker? The process is equally simple. 

• To forward a Diwali sticker received on WhatsApp, tap and hold on to the message, and select Forward from the options that appear.
• Now, select the contacts to whom the sticker needs to go and tap on Forward. Doing this will send the Diwali sticker to the selected contact.
• Depending upon whether one is using WhatsApp for Android or WhatsApp for iOS, the steps might differ a tad, but moreover, they remain the same.

Send Diwali stickers via Gboard

While WhatsApp does provide a couple of Diwali 2022 stickers, there is a way to get even more stickers to share with your family members and friends. Those who use Gboard on their smartphone can access a wide array of Diwali 2022 stickers by tapping the emoji icon on the keyboard, selecting Stickers and typing "Diwali" in the search box. Google keyboard has an extensive library of emojis, stickers and GIFs, including those themed after the Indian festival of lights. 

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