WhatsApp Finally Rolling Out This New Design to Beta Testers on Android

WhatsApp has lastly begun testing a revamped interface on Android, months after the corporate was noticed engaged on a redesigned model of the favored chat software. The new interface ditches WhatsApp’s iconic green-coloured high bar in favour of a white high bar, in the primary chat checklist and inside particular person chats. The new design can also be aligned with Google’s Material Design 3 pointers and improves the looks of darkish theme. WhatsApp has additionally added new ‘define’ icons for varied buttons within the app, as a part of the newest beta replace.

A Gadgets 360 workers member’s app acquired the redesigned interface on the newest beta model — WhatsApp beta for Android 2.23.21.12. After putting in the newest beta, testers ought to start to see a redesigned interface that features a white bar on the high, with the WhatsApp textual content in inexperienced (the steady model of the app presently shows the app’s identify in white on a darkish inexperienced background). When the darkish theme is enabled, the highest bar now turns black and the textual content is displayed in white.

WhatsApp has additionally tweaked the color of the inexperienced accent used within the app, on each the sunshine and darkish themes within the app. As a end result, the color of the floating motion button and different elements of the interface with the inexperienced accent — such because the floating motion button (FAB) — seem a bit brighter, particularly when the darkish mode is turned on.

In addition to the brand new color tweaks on the Android app, WhatsApp has additionally changed the stable icons for voice and video calls inside particular person chats, in addition to the digicam icon on the primary chat checklist, with outlines of the prevailing icons. These icons have been beforehand noticed final month by a characteristic tracker on model 2.23.20.10 of WhatsApp beta for Android.

WhatsApp can also be engaged on updating the color palette for its iOS app, together with the brand new define icons — the brand new design components have been not too long ago noticed on WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.19.1.72. Unlike its Android counterpart, nevertheless, WhatsApp for iOS doesn’t comprise a green-coloured high bar on the steady model of the app. 

While the brand new interface doesn’t seem to have made its option to iOS beta testers, each cellular platforms are additionally anticipated to achieve help for brand spanking new chat filters similar to All, Unread, Contacts, and Groups, that would make managing a number of chats quite a bit simpler. These filters, together with the redesigned interface, are anticipated to roll out to customers on the steady channel within the coming months.