Making your Facebook avatar is a fun, easy way to express yourself online.
Facebook avatars are here. The newest addition to the social network lets you make a cartoony character to resemble yourself, which you can customize with a variety of faces, hairstyles and outfits. You’ll then be able to use the avatar in your Facebook comments, stories, profile picture and in Facebook Messenger chat windows. They’re similar in style to Bitmoji and Apple’s Memoji avatars.
In addition, you can use your Facebook avatar as a sticker in apps like Snapchat, Twitter, Mail and Instagram. Ready to dive in? Here’s how to create your own Facebook avatar on your iPhone ($699 at Apple) or Android phone right now.
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The Facebook avatar I created.
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1. Open the Facebook app on your phone and tap the hamburger menu (three stacked lines). It could be in the lower right corner for iPhone and in the upper right corner for Android.
2. Scroll down and tap See More.
3. Select Avatars.
4. Tap Next and then Get Started.
5. Select your preferred skin tone (there are 27 options) and tap Next.
6. You’ll then be instructed to choose a hairstyle for your avatar. You can select Short, Medium or Long for a variety of styles. Once you’ve made your selection, tap the Color icon.
7. Next