WhatsApp It does not want to leave even the slightest gap for its rivals, especially Telegram, so the Meta-owned messaging service continues to push the accelerator to introduce many new features and renovations of parts that may need it.

Over the past few months, we’ve reported that WhatsApp has introduced at least some work on features like high-resolution photo and video sharing, advanced text formatting tools, AI-generated stickers, group call scheduling, and video messaging. apparently inspired by TikTok.

But adding new features can go unnoticed if the packaging isn’t up to the task, so those responsible for the Meta-owned messaging service are in addition to all of the above is said to be working on a refresh of the application interfacesome of which brushstrokes can be seen in the beta version 2.23.18.18 of the Android app available in the Google Play Store, although the first steps were apparently taken with the beta 2.23.13.16.

Going into some details, it seems that one of the things that WhatsApp is planning is a redesign the top bar to become white so that what is written in it will be green to preserve the identity of the app. Along with this change, others are planned to be incorporated, such as the fact that the filter buttons are much more rounded compared to previous builds of the Android beta branch.

Z Meta is trying to bring similar changes to the iOS build of WhatsApp, something that can be verified in TestFlight’s beta version 23.17.1.77, which allows for an easy way to test versions of many beta apps. Hopefully, the iOS and Android versions will look similar to offer a consistent experience across the various supported operating systems, but Google will be following the Material Design 3 guidelines.

It is important to note that the redesign of the WhatsApp interface is still in development, so it will probably receive more changes or even be returned, although the latter option is generally more unlikely. Deep down there is nothing surprising, especially when we see that Telegram is a more than worthy competitor.