WhatsApp is rolling out a significant visual update, bringing more personalization options to its messaging platform. Users will be able to customize their conversations with new pre-defined themes and backgrounds, moving away from the app's long-standing green theme. The update introduces a range of new chat themes that alter the background as well as the chat bubbles themselves. This enables users to select a theme and instantly alter the look and feel of their conversations. While WhatsApp once allowed for custom wallpapers, this new feature provides greater personalization with 30 new background options along with the theme options. Importantly, one can always upload an image from the phone gallery if one desires a personalized background. Such new themes can be used in all conversations as a group or separately to some conversations so that users can personalize their WhatsApp with ease.

It's also worth noting that such visual changes are personal and will only be observed by the user who sets them up, and not by the recipients of the chats. This feature is also applicable to WhatsApp Channels, where one can personalize their subscribed content as well. The release of these colorful features has already begun on both Android and iOS. While availability at launch is limited, a wider global release will begin in the following weeks.