WhatsApp, one of the most popular instant messaging apps in the world, continues to add new features. We recently saw the debut of Meta AI and everything this artificial intelligence can do, and voice note transcription has already started to reach the first users.
One of the next changes to WhatsApp will allow users to give a look different from chat windowsThis is a new feature for customization, adding new themes and colors for chat bubbles and wallpaper.
Themes are coming to WhatsApp for Android, first in beta
The new whatsapp themes have been discovered by WABetaInfo in the latest development, or beta, version of the app (version 2.24.17.19). This feature began to arrive in the iOS beta since last May, and is now approaching its debut in the version of the app for Android devices.
Its operation seems to be very simple and direct: a new screen in the WhatsApp settings menu will allow you to choose a theme for the chats, which will change the color of message bubbles or balloons and also the wallpaper for individual and group conversations.
In the iOS version there was initially Five colors available for chats: blue, grey, red and purple, in addition to the classic green. The image published by WaBetaInfo of the Android version of WhatsApp also seems to indicate that the color of messages and the wallpaper can be configured independently.
Image: WaBetaInfo.
This is one of the new features coming to WhatsApp for Android. It is possible to try these changes before anyone else. Signing up for the WhatsApp betaalthough the process is not that simple, since the number of users who can sign up for the beta is limited. However, there are ways to sign up without having to wait too long.
WhatsApp chat themes will first be available in beta, and will be available to all Android users in the future.
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