WhatsApp on iOS is increasingly similar to iMessage, here’s how the new update looks

The world’s most widely used messaging app is introducing a graphic redesign for Apple devices.

The recent update of WhatsApp for iOS brings with it a graphical interface characterized by more rounded shapes and a novel handling of multimedia content.

Through these changes, the aesthetics of chats come significantly closer to the typical iMessage design, underscoring the developers’ intention to offer a user experience that is increasingly clean, modern, and harmonized with the iPhone and iPad operating system.

WhatsApp on iOS updates with a new design

In recent years, the look of communications within WhatsApp has remained largely unchanged, preserving its familiar layout even after the arrival of customizable themes. Today, the interface evolves by adopting a considerably more rounded design.

The new message bubbles feature more rounded corners, giving conversations a softer look. This precise stylistic choice fits into a redesign path coherent with the aesthetic elements of the Liquid Glass, which the platform began introducing just over a month ago.

Borderless multimedia content

Beyond simple written communications, the transformation also involves file sharing. Photographs, videos, GIFs and certain types of links are no longer limited to the traditional borders of the speech bubble.

This removal allows media to blend in a much more natural and direct way with the chat background, providing an immediate visual impact and a noticeably higher level of visual cleanliness.

There are however exceptions designed to keep the app usable. In group conversations, or when dealing with content forwarded from other chats, the system continues to show a small header placed just above the image or video.

This practical detail is essential to help users quickly identify the original sender or to ensure that the material was shared from an external source.

The rollout of the update

The rollout of these novelties follows the usual gradual process planned by developers to ensure software stability. Current information, reported by insiders, indicates that the new design is accessible to a selected group of testers using the beta version of WhatsApp for iOS, precisely identified by the version number 26.29.10.70 via the TestFlight infrastructure.

Although the testing phase is still the main route to access the feature, the release is already reaching a broader audience.

Some users who have the stable version, regularly downloaded via the App Store, are indeed beginning to notice the changes on their screens. In the coming weeks, the transition will progressively involve an ever-growing number of accounts, offering everyone the opportunity to use the application’s new graphical look.

The new message bubbles feature more rounded corners, giving conversations a softer look. This precise stylistic choice fits into a redesign path coherent with the aesthetic elements of the Liquid Glass, which the platform began introducing just over a month ago.

Borderless multimedia content

Beyond simple written communications, the transformation also involves file sharing. Photographs, videos, GIFs and certain types of links are no longer limited to the traditional borders of the speech bubble.

This removal allows media to blend in a much more natural and direct way with the chat background, providing an immediate visual impact and a noticeably higher level of visual cleanliness.

There are however exceptions designed to keep the app usable. In group conversations, or when dealing with content forwarded from other chats, the system continues to show a small header placed just above the image or video.

This practical detail is essential to help users quickly identify the original sender or to ensure that the material was shared from an external source.

The rollout of the update

The rollout of these novelties follows the usual gradual process planned by developers to ensure software stability. Current information, reported by insiders, indicates that the new design is accessible to a selected group of testers using the beta version of WhatsApp for iOS, precisely identified by the version number 26.29.10.70 via the TestFlight infrastructure.

Although the testing phase is still the main route to access the feature, the release is already reaching a broader audience.

Some users who have the stable version, regularly downloaded via the App Store, are indeed beginning to notice the changes on their screens. In the coming weeks, the transition will progressively involve an ever-growing number of accounts, offering everyone the opportunity to use the application’s new graphical look.