WhatsApp’s getting a brand new look, with Meta’s prime messaging app rolling out a UI replace, which incorporates important modifications to its Android app, in addition to a cleaner structure, extra distinguished decrease operate bar choices, up to date graphic components, and extra.

Right here’s a side-by-side comparability of the present and new Android app to spotlight the variations.

As you may see, the separate coloured header bar on the prime of the app is now gone, whereas the search icon has been changed with a bigger immediate for Meta’s new AI chatbot. Which I personally don’t suppose provides, or will add important worth for many customers. Nevertheless it’s there, and Meta’s actually eager to get extra individuals utilizing it. In order that’s one other factor.

The opposite main shift is that the assorted tabs have been moved to the underside, with all-new icons.

Meta’s additionally including a “darker darkish mode” setting for mild delicate customers, whereas on iOS, WhatsApp’s acquired a brand new attachment structure to make it simpler to share extra varieties of content material.

These aren’t useful modifications, as such, solely visible reformats, although as WhatsApp notes, there are additionally new transitions and animations to finish the refresh.

The reformat truly makes the structure look much more like Messenger, with each apps now principally having the identical UI.

Which is probably going by design. Meta’s been working to combine its messaging apps right into a single platform, and with that in thoughts, this replace will assist to deliver them nearer collectively, and make it simpler for customers of every app to change from platform-to-platform.

Total, nonetheless, it’s not a significant departure, only a refresh to make WhatsApp extra aligned with its different platforms.

Principally, the important thing be aware right here is that while you open WhatsApp and it seems bit bizarre, don’t fear, you’ll get used to it fairly fast.