WhatsApp touches up its new design with subtle changes
Last week WhatsApp has decided to give an almost radical change to the appearance of its application for Android Something that was more than necessary after several years of visual immobility. Something that even gave rise to unofficial applications such as WhatsApp MD in order to take advantage of the new styles and designs of the moment in the most used messaging application. Now that it's changed, WhatsApp has had to do a few more tweaks to get everything right.
This is the Material Design style that Google defined when present Android 5.0 A very simple design that seems to be generated by layers of strong colors and full of animations , and that does away with buttons, lines and superfluous elements Issues that users have already been able to appreciate in WhatsApp Since a few days. Especially with the change in the characteristic general green tone of the application, which is now harder and darker. However, now there is a new beta or test version (2.12.87) where it is shown that the company is not entirely happy with the visual changes, retouching some details that could almost go unnoticed.
Among these changes, the new call screen stands outThe long-awaited functionality, already present for everyone, will leave black to turn to green A change that also affects other colors such as the red hang-up button, which now It is closer to a more magenta hue, and also to its structure, including the bar that informs that it is a call from WhatsApp with the rest of the color green. A more elegant screen as a whole and that allows you to see the name of the contact being called or from whom the call is received in a larger size.
Another of the changes discovered in the new beta version, although more subtle, is the background screen by default. An image that is now a little clearer. Thus, their patterns and drawings are somewhat more hidden depending on the brightness of the screen, and leaving all the prominence of the chat screen precisely to the conversation bubbles. Along with this, some of the icons that appeared residually after pressing the option More in the menu have also been permanently eliminated.
Apart from this, other interesting details are discovered such as a change in the conversation search bar, which no longer underlines the writing box, making this superfluous line disappear, and the function last connected time shows the full day and date under the user's name. Nor should we forget the emoticons that, according to the media outlet Android Police, already show all the racial and gender variations of the keyboard Smileys Emoji of iOS
In short, a little polish to the new WhatsApp design that finishes fitting all the pieces of the style Material Design A new aspect that Not all users seem to be welcoming it with open arms, but it was necessary after the outdated style that had been dragging on the platform for so many years AndroidThe new beta version is now available for free on the WhatsApp web page We'll have to wait a bit longer for it to reach all users through Google Play
Images via Android Police
