WhatsApp has spent most of the year redesigning its design with more Material You elements, different typography, bottom navigation, and more. new layout for settings this is currently being enabled quite broadly.
WhatsApp redesign removes the top ⋮ menu (remains in the States for now) and replaces it Showing your profile picture. By touching, we switch to some settings in different designs and with the change, it is possible that we cannot find where some things are.
These are the new WhatsApp settings
More and more users are finding what they are looking for profile photo in the top bar The clearest way to know if WhatsApp’s new design design is already activated. This is the next big step after the navigation on Android as it is on iOS is closed to the bottom.
For this reason, menu disappears ⋮ at the top was the way to access common options like: connected devicesHere’s how to connect to a new WhatsApp Web session as well as create a broadcast list.
As a result, it is possible: you have a hard time figuring out where some WhatsApp options are. Most, if not all, of them have been moved to the new Settings menu.
While you have to resort to the floating button to create a new group or broadcast list, the rest of the menu items are now available as obvious shortcuts in WhatsApp settings. Here you are summary of changes:
on the old menu
|
where is he now
|
New Group
|
On the floating button, after pressing
|
new spread
|
In the floating button and then in the ⋮ menu and ‘New post’
|
connected devices
|
Tapping your profile picture and ‘Connected devices’
|
Featured posts
|
Tapping your profile picture and ‘Featured Posts’
|
settings
|
By tapping the profile photo
|
Change account
|
By tapping the profile photo and the arrow next to your photo
|
And not only are things shifting, but Something comes that we lost a long time ago: List of our lost contacts since WhatsApp introduced new statuses.
The new layout of the settings includes: five shortcuts Highlights: to your profile, privacy options, contacts, starred message view and connected devices. The remaining items and sections of the settings remain the same as before.
By the way, the ⋮ menu does not disappear from all tabs: it will still be displayed in the Status tab, but not in the Search tab. Previously, this menu had the following option: Clear call log. If you select at least one call (with a long tap) the ⋮ menu will reappear and then you can select Clear call log from the menu.
Xataka on Android | WhatsApp: User guide with tricks, functions and tips