Latest WhatsApp Beta Brings Dark Mode to the Preview Widget

WhatsApp has been working on a Dark Mode for what seems to exist an eternity, only while the feature itself still remains elusive for now, the Facebook-owned company has revealed a snippet of what'due south to come by introducing a nighttime-themed preview widget on Android. The new widget is available in WhatsApp beta v2.xix.309, which is currently available on the Google Play Store.

As tin can exist seen from the screenshot below, it is more of a 'night blueish' color rather than the full AMOLED dark way that nigh users would have ideally wanted. In example y'all already have the low-cal-themed widget enabled, it should turn dark past default afterward updating to the latest version. While it's even so better than the blinding white-green combination on the main app, i would hope the final version will ship with at least a Dark Grey pick.

In case you don't know information technology already, WhatsApp has long been rumored to roll out a Dark Manner to its popular messaging app, although there'due south no ETA for the update just yet. The company is too said to be working on a 'disappearing messages' feature, a la Snapchat. According to recent reports, the feature will automatically delete all messages in a conversation after a stock-still interval that can be manually set past the sender from the 'Group Settings' option.

While this detail feature is even so reportedly in the 'alpha' stage, the night way has been in development for a long time now, and it'southward most time the Facebook-endemic company rolls information technology out for its users who accept been clamoring for it for years.