WhatsApp is testing new chat themes with Android beta users, so some people can change how their chats look before everyone else.
WhatsApp has started showing new chat themes to people in its Android beta program. If you are not in that program, you will not see them yet. The report comes from Tech Build Africa, which says the themes are appearing for beta users first.
Themes change how your chats look. That is the whole point of this update. They do not change how messages are sent, and they do not change how messages are protected. Your conversations work the same way they did before.
For now, it touches only people on the Android beta. A beta is an early test version of an app. Companies use it to try out features with a smaller group before a wider release. Everyone else on WhatsApp will likely get the themes later, if the feature moves forward.
The material does not say how many themes there are or what they look like. It also gives no date for a full release and no word on iPhone. Because this is a test, some details may change, and the feature may never reach everyone.
Chat themes are in early testing for Android beta users, and joining the beta means getting new looks first along with a higher chance of bugs.
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