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Booping is a social feature, allowing users to send an Emoji to friends. The recipient will find the sent Boop in their notifications menu. When opened, the emoji will be fired locally in front of them.
Overview
History
Initial introduction in 2024
Booping was a social feature initially revealed in the May 30th, 2024's Developer Update, allowing friends to send a "boop" to each other. This could have been attached with any emoji. Users who are subscribed to VRC+ could additionally send their custom emoji to the recipient, only if the user was an active VRC+ subscriber and have uploaded custom emojis to their gallery.
When the recipient of a boop opened their notifications, the emoji attached to the boop would've been fired locally in a "Boop Explosion", a blast of the emoji from the boop. Boop recipients would have also received a push notification from the VRChat app on mobile devices. Boops would have only been able to be sent to friends, and could be disabled.
The feature was implemented into the Open Beta branch on June 6th, 2024 for twelve days. The feature was never released to Live, and was only an Open Beta feature. Due to mixed community reception, the feature was removed on June 18th with the following message on the official VRChat Discord:
No Booping No More
If you were paying attention to previous builds, you might've noticed there's something missing from this update: Booping. That's intentional. While we were excited about testing the feature, it was clear that folks weren't into it.
We're not interested in forcing a feature on the community that they're not into, so we're pulling it. In the future, we might try testing a reworked version of Booping, but it's unlikely to be something we try for awhile.
While it didn't quite go the way we wanted it to, we still appreciate the candid and honest feedback from the community.
Re-introduction in 2025
On October 16, 2025, the Boops feature was re-introduced to the 2025.4.1[1] Open Beta, from subsequent community feedback from users who enjoyed the feature. The following message on the VRChat Discord server was posted:
Boops are BACK!
Boops are back! You might remember this feature from last year, when we tried it out in Open Beta... only to decide that it wasn't quite ready yet.
After we announced we pulled it, people immediately wanted it back! Well, it took a hot second, but here it is again!
Booping is a feature that allows you to send "Boops" to their friends! They can attach any emoji to their Boop! VRC+ subscribers can even attach custom and animated emojis.
When the recipient opens their notifications, they'll see a Boop Explosion containing all of the Boops they've just received!
Boops can be sent by opening the User Details page in either the Quick Menu or Main Menu in the Client and tapping the new Boop button. They can also be sent also from within the mobile apps.
On November 3, 2025, Boops became fully integrated with the VRChat client for the 2025.4.1[2] update.
See also
References
- ↑ "VRChat 2025.4.1 (Open Beta)" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
- ↑ "VRChat 2025.4.1" on docs.vrchat.com. Dated November 3, 2025. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
