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Know how to use Chat themes, new wallpapers to make your chats unique

Hyderabad: WhatsApp has introduced chat themes, to make your chats unique with colourful chat bubbles and new wallpapers.

According to the WhatsApp blog post, you can apply the same theme to all your chats, or make each one extra special with different themes. Either way, your chat themes are only visible to you. You can also change the theme of your channels.

Chat themes: Turn your chat bubbles and background your favourite colours, with plenty of options to choose from. Pick from one of the pre-set chat themes which change both your background and bubbles or mix and match colours to best fit your style.

New wallpapers: Add some fun to your chats by choosing from 30 new wallpaper options, or you can still upload a background from your camera roll to make them unique to you.

How to change the theme?

• Open WhatsApp on your device
• On the top right of the app, click on the three dot menu
• Now tap on ‘Go to settings’
• Click on ‘Chats’
• Choose the default chat theme

How to add new wallpapers?

• ‘Go to settings’
• Tap on ‘Chats’
• Click on Default chat theme
• Now, click on the wallpaper, choose your wallpaper from photos, and set a colour

To customise each chat individually, click the chat name at the top of the chat screen, or click the 3-dot menu to change the chat theme.

These new WhatsApp features are rolling out to all the users. Only that to get these new themes and wallpapers your WhatsApp should be in the updated version.