{"id":122778,"date":"2020-01-23T07:31:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=122778"},"modified":"2020-01-23T07:31:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:31:21","slug":"whatsapp-finally-launches-dark-mode-but-only-in-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=122778","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp finally launches dark mode, but only in beta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>Among the most popular mobile apps, WhatsApp is one of the few that still hasn&#8217;t embraced dark mode.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is bound to change soon, though, as the dark mode setting has appeared in the latest beta version of the WhatsApp app for Android (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/whatsapp-dark-mode-theme-1076340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android Authority<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The option is precisely what you&#8217;d expect, giving you a choice between a light or dark theme (you can also choose to conform to the system default theme). If you go dark, the app&#8217;s backgrounds will turn darker, but don&#8217;t expect a totally black look; instead, you&#8217;ll get various shades of dark gray.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-to-release-dark-theme-for-android-beta-testers-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">find<\/a> the option under Settings &#8211; Chats &#8211; Theme.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/facebook-redesign-dark-mode\/?utm_cid=a-seealso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook redesign with dark mode rolls out for some users<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>To get the option, you must have the latest beta version of <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WhatsApp for Android<\/a> (2.20.13), which you can only get if you&#8217;ve signed up as a beta tester (and WhatsApp isn&#8217;t accepting <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/apps\/testing\/com.whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more testers<\/a> at the moment). However, the fact that the option made it to beta is a good indicator we&#8217;ll see it in one of the coming public releases, probably fairly soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the addition of a dark mode option, WhatsApp follows many popular apps such as <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/dark-mode-apps-instagram-google-chrome-apple-ios13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter and Instagram<\/a> which introduced the feature last year. However, WhatsApp&#8217;s parent company Facebook still isn&#8217;t offering the option for its main app, though it <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/6597\/facebook-is-working-on-a-dark-mode-version-of-its-android-app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">should be coming<\/a> fairly soon as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/tech\/8790\/whatsapp-finally-launches-dark-mode-but-only-in-beta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Among the most popular mobile apps, WhatsApp is one of the few that still hasn&#8217;t embraced dark mode.\u00a0 This is bound to change soon, though, as the dark mode setting has appeared in the latest beta version of the WhatsApp app for Android (via Android Authority).\u00a0 The option is precisely what you&#8217;d expect, giving &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122780,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122778\/revisions\/122780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/122779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}