The Android version of WhatsApp will gain a new design that will apply a similar effect to Liquid Glass that is present on the iPhone. The new design should be applied with a new update.
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28/09/2026
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O WhatsApp seems to be testing a new design for your app for Android phones, with the great novelty to be in the navigation bar, counts the wABetaInfo website.
As you can see in the image below, the navigation bar will become “floating” and instead of an icon dedicated to the Communities, you will have an icon for Meta AI – the Artificial Intelligence of the technological giant that is already integrated into the message app.
The images already shared by the publication indicate that the Android version of WhatsApp will look closer to the iOS version and Liquid Glass language of the iPhone operating system. Naturally, the new design will have a clear and dark way.
This new design has been seen in the beta version of WhatsApp for Android with update 2.26.38.10 and can already be seen by those who use this version of the messaging application. For the rest, however, you may have to wait a little longer for the update that will introduce this novelty.
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WhatsApp app for iPhone is about to gain an advantage
WhatsApp has released a new update for the iOS version of the message app, which introduces a search shortcut for messages. In this way, users who want to search for specific messages in conversations and channels will no longer have to enter menus.
So far, if you wanted to search for a message in a WhatsApp conversation, you would have to enter the conversation information and choose the search option. With this update, a shortcut appears at the top of the conversation that allows you to search faster.
How does the wABetaInfo websiteTo appear the button will need to enter a conversation and drag the finger from top to bottom. WhatsApp then interprets this action with the intention of searching for something, displaying the icon with a magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the conversation. If you drag your finger from the bottom up to the latest moment of the conversation, the icon disappears.
This new feature is currently being made available with the 26.36.74 update of the WhatsApp app for iOS and, given the gradual way these updates are released, you can reach users at different times.
Note that it is not yet known when this update will be available to all users of WhatsApp, so we will still have to wait for news regarding the Android version.