The messenger service WhatsApp will adapt its design.
The change probably only affects Android users.
Munich - The messenger service WhatsApp surprises with a change in design.
As the blog
WABetaInfo
writes, the adjustment only affects Android users.
WhatsApp is reported to adjust the so-called "media footer".
For example, if users send a photo via the messenger service, they can use the feature to add a text.
As experts report, WhatsApp adjusts the appearance of the mask.
The company brightens the background for the font, and the arrow for sending the message is reduced in size.
The recipient name changes from the left to the right of the title block.
Thanks to the changes, the appearance is based on the iOS design, which iPhone users are very familiar with.
The tweet shows the planned adjustments.
WhatsApp renews the design
WABetaInfo
reports that WhatsApp has not yet given any information about the date of the update.
The design change is "in progress" and will be visible to users with an update.
So far, only a preview of the change is available to the public, it will probably take a while until the adaptation can be used by all users with Android mobile phones.
WhatsApp hits the headlines with a change in data protection
There is no information about the background to the design update.
It is conceivable that the Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp wants to divert attention from the headlines of the last few months with the optical adjustment.
The company is changing its privacy policy.
Actually a routine with messenger services, but the latest adjustment causes violent protests from users.
Users still have time until May to accept the change.
The US company actually set the deadline until February, but the resistance of users caused a rethink in the group.
Above all, the planned networking with Facebook meets with resistance from many users, as they fear for their personal data.
Outside the EU, WhatsApp has been forwarding user data to Facebook since 2016 - also for advertising purposes.
Users in the European Union fear that the messenger service with the changed terms and conditions will also forward their data to the social network.
WhatsApp defends itself against this representation.
Wrong information about the new data protection rules had been spread, which they want to clear up by mid-May, the
Tagesschau
quotes
the messenger service.
Will WhatsApp be able to join forces with users?
The competitors Telegram and Threema are recording a rapid increase in the number of users.
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jjf
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