WhatsApp launches its new design for all Android users
It has been made of beg and, although we already knew it from its beta or test version, the new look of WhatsApp is now available to all users of the platform Android And they had been asking for it for a long time . Not only as a stylistic step to adapt the application that everyone uses on a daily basis to the rest of the smartphone environment, but because of its outdated style.Thus, although functional, simple and comfortable, it did nothing good for his image. An app that's trendy, gets attention, and doesn't care too much about how it's viewed. Until now.
The latest update of WhatsApp for the Android platform reaches the version 2.12.74 and, although it represents a more than substantial change, it does not list any other novelty to its credit. Only the change of the menus, colors and buttons of the application, which now match the lines of the style Material Design raised by Google for Android 5.0 Lollipop Mind you, it's not It is necessary to have an Android phone updated to this version of the Google operating system to enjoy the new design of WhatsApp
The main changes, as already seen in the beta or test version a few weeks ago, is the color and the general lines of the application. And it is that the light green of WhatsApp has hardened, with a darker and more formal toneAll this betting on an almost extreme minimalism, where there are no longer lines or buttons. The tabs and buttons use color or text to differentiate themselves from the rest of the elements, without lines that separate or frame them. Something that makes the overall look clearer, more readable, and cleaner to look at, even though not much has actually changed.
Another novelty in this version is the format of the photographs. Thus, square photos have been left behind to frame profile photos in circles. Something very typical of Android 5.0 There are also notable changes in the Share menu of conversations or chat.And here are the icons to take a photo or video, share a sound, a location or a contact card have been completely renewed A point more than necessary after using the same icons for many years. Along with this, in addition, an animation has been introduced when displaying this menu A mere artistic detail according to the requirements of Material Design that makes it more attractive.
Apart from these issues, there are small details such as the buttons for voice and photo messages, or the chat speech bubbles Also the screens of group information and contacts, which is now more elegant and simulates a Google Play Store download page with image on top.
In short, a long-awaited facelift that the WhatsApp application needed for a long time. This new look is now available to everyone via Google Play Store for free.
