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Social messaging platform WhatsApp has been reported to be testing dark mode for close to a year now. Rumours and speculation have been sprouting for months now, but something has been keeping WhatsApp from releasing the feature to the stable version of the app.
However, the latest Android beta update has received a new option in the Settings indicating that the feature may finally be released to all users, as per reports from WhatsApp beta tester WABetaInfo. Reportedly, in the latest Android beta version 2.19.282, a new section called Theme Settings has been added to the app settings.
So it seems confirmed that WhatsApp is going to implement a “Night theme”.
I have no idea why they continue to name it “Dark” 😮 https://t.co/bTQlIOSWlGAdvertisement
— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) October 7, 2019
Under Theme Settings, WhatsApp users will have three options to choose from, one would be the Light Theme, which will be the usual white theme that we already see in the app. The second theme would be the Dark Theme, which is the much-awaited dark mode. And the third would be the System Default mode, which would basically be the same theme you have been using all along in our phone.
Fundamentally, it would mean if you choose the dark mode, and you are running the dark mode as your main mobile setting. Then WhatsApp will automatically switch to dark mode.
Separately, earlier this month, WhatsApp was also spotted testing a new ‘Disappearing Message’ feature, which would allow users to set a timer to their messages, after which the messages would be automatically deleted from the sender and the recipient’s chat.
(With input from agencies)
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