WhatsApp is working on a feature that will allow users to change the color of chat bubbles on their smartphone app and set a default theme. A new customization option offers a number of preset colors, and the feature tracking system in the latest beta version of the iPhone app noticed it during development. The Meta-owned messaging app recently updated its app’s color scheme for iOS users, using green accents for various elements such as buttons and notification counters.
In the latest beta version of WhatsApp for iOS 11/24/10.70 released to users via Apple’s TestFlight testing program, feature tracker WABetaInfo has spotted a new default chat design feature currently under development. This means that this feature cannot be enabled at this time, but will be available to beta testers later.
According to the screenshot shared by the feature tracker, WhatsApp is working on a new chat theme option in the app, which will be available in the Settings menu. Users can choose from five options – the normal green theme, as well as blue, gray, red and purple.
In the leaked image, a piece of text prompts users to choose a chat theme, color and wallpaper — along with a matching WhatsApp background image — to chat on their phone.
Unlike Instagram, setting a chat topic only applies to the same phone. This means that setting the default chat topic will not change the chat topic for both users – unlike Instagram, which allows users to select conversation topics for each chat individually.
The new selection of chat topics is expected to be available to iOS beta testers in the near future before it hits the stable channel. Since most of the iOS and Android features are shared on WhatsApp, we expect this feature to be available on the Android version of the app in the future.
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