Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – So you want to join in on the avatar fun on Facebook. You have the outfit in mind, you’re thinking if you should play it up with colorful hair, but then you try to make one and — nothing ...

Hidden inside the code of Facebook’s Android app is an unreleased feature called Facebook Avatars that lets people build personalized, illustrated versions of themselves for use as stickers in ...

Facebook is rolling out its own version of bitmoji – personalized avatars – for U.S. users, Facebook told USA TODAY exclusively. Designed to infuse a bit of playfulness into a social network that many ...

Alexandra is an associate editor on CNET's Performance Optimization team. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, and interned with CNET's Tech and News teams while in school.