WhatsApp testing new message bubbles on iOS
New chat bubbles look slightly more rounded A couple of months ago, WhatsApp finally began rolling out its Liquid Glass redesign more broadly, following several months of testing and refining the new look with select users through TestFlight. Around the same time, WABetaInfo uncovered references in the app’s code pointing to a redesign of WhatsApp’s chat bubbles. Now, the site reports that new bubbles are beginning to reach select users running the latest TestFlight build.
- ▪New chat bubbles look slightly more rounded A couple of months ago, WhatsApp finally began rolling out its Liquid Glass redesign more broadly, following several months of testing and refining the new look with select users through TestFligh
- ▪Around the same time, WABetaInfo uncovered references in the app’s code pointing to a redesign of WhatsApp’s chat bubbles.
- ▪Now, the site reports that new bubbles are beginning to reach select users running the latest TestFlight build.
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- ▪ WhatsApp Rolls Out Redesigned Message Bubbles for iOS — MacRumors
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