WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users to set a default theme while changing the color of chat bubbles on the app on their smartphones. The new personalization option may offer a selection of color presets, and was spotted in development by a feature tracker on a recent beta version of the app for iPhone. The Meta-owned messaging app recently updated the color scheme of its app for iOS users, adopting green accents for various elements like buttons and notification counters.
WhatsApp default chat theme feature spotted
On the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.11.10.70, which is available to users through Apple’s TestFlight testing program, feature tracker WABetaInfo spotted New one default chat theme Feature that is currently in development. This means that the feature cannot be enabled at the moment, but it should be available for beta testers to try out later.
WhatsApp default chat theme feature: How it works
According to the screenshots shared by the feature tracker, WhatsApp is working on a new chat theme picker in the app, which will be located in the Settings menu. Users can choose from five options – the default green theme, as well as blue, grey, red and purple.
WhatsApp’s new default chat theme picker on iOS
Photo Credit: WABetaInfo
The leaked image also includes a snippet of text that informs the user that choosing one of the chat themes will set the color and wallpaper for the chat on their phone with the corresponding themed WhatsApp doodle background.
Unlike Instagram, setting a chat theme will only apply to that phone. This means that default chat theme The setting won’t modify themes in chats for both users — unlike Instagram, which allows users to theme conversations on a per-chat basis.
This new chat theme picker is expected to roll out to beta testers on iOS in the future, before arriving on the stable channel. Since most of the features are shared across WhatsApp for iOS and Android, we can expect this feature to arrive on the Android version of the app as well in the future.
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