WhatsApp to Change Its Dark Mode Theme on Android

The famous social network WhatsApp is working on Dark Mode feature for quite some time. Even though there's no official word on the roll-out timeline, the feature has been spotted in several beta updates lately. It appears that WhatsApp is still perfecting Dark Mode before the launch.

According to a new WABetainfo report, WhatsApp's Dark Themewill be automatically enabled or disabled depending upon your Battery Saversettings. The report points out the new update will replace the old "Systemdefault option, for unsupported Android versions."

WhatsApp's Dark Theme "set by battery saver" will be available to users running Android 9 and older versions. Users with Android 10 will see the previously spotted "System default" option the app automatically changes the colour scheme depending upon the device scheme chosen by the user.

According to the screenshot shared by WABetainfo, users willget three theme options – "Set by battery saver, light, and dark."

"As we have previously explained, the Dark Theme is readybut it's not available yet, and there is not a known release date. HoweverWhatsApp doesn't stop to amaze us, continuing to improve it with new features,like the Battery Saver option on Android 9 and earlier," said the website.

Apart from Dark Mode, WhatsApp is also working on a bunch ofnew features such as self-destructing messages, multiple device support, hidemuted status, and more. Based on the recent beta updates, the self-destructingmessages will join the "delete for everyone" and launch as "delete messages."The new feature will be available to both individual and group chats.