Over the years, WhatsApp has added a lot of personalisation options on its platform, allowing users to add a splash of colour to their conversations and not just be bound to the default experience. If you’re someone who uses night mode religiously, WhatsApp even has an in-app feature to enable dark mode. In this article, we show you how to change the WhatsApp chat theme on an Android smartphone.
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Table of Contents
Enable dark theme
Here’s how you can enable the in-app dark theme on WhatsApp.
Step 1: Launch WhatsApp on your smartphone and tap the ellipses (three dots) at the top right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Tap on Settings.
Step 3: Select Chats.
Step 4: Tap on ‘Theme’ under the Display category.
Step 5: Tap on ‘Dark’ to enable the dark theme.
Enable dark mode from System Settings
Turning on dark mode from your smartphone’s settings will apply it across all apps, including WhatsApp. Here’s how you can do that.
Step 1: Go to Settings and select Display.
Step 2: Tap on ‘Dark’ to enable dark mode.
Change the chat wallpaper
Here’s how you can change the background wallpaper for all chat threads on WhatsApp.
Step 1: Launch WhatsApp on your smartphone and tap the ellipses (three dots) at the top right corner of the screen.
Step 2: Tap on Settings.
Step 3: Select Chats.
Step 4: Tap on ‘Wallpaper’ under the Display category.
Step 5: Select ‘Change’ and browse through the default wallpapers. You can also choose an image from your phone’s gallery to set it as a chat background.
Step 6: Select a wallpaper to see its preview. Tap on ‘Set wallpaper’ to set it as your chat background.
You can also set up different backgrounds for different chats. In order to do this, you will have to open an individual chat first. Tap on the ellipses at the top right corner of the screen and select ‘Wallpaper’. Select an image to set as the background for that particular chat.
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Conclusion
This is how you can change the WhatsApp chat theme on an Android smartphone. Once you change the wallpaper for an individual chat, the changes will be applied on your end only. The recipient or other members of the group can always set up a different wallpaper as their chat background.
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