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(Pocket-lint) - As long as WhatsApp has been around, there have been people clamouring for the ability to go a step further when customising their experience. While the messaging app has long let you change the background that appears behind your messages, that's always been a single wallpaper for all your chats.
Now that's finally changed - WhatsApp is rolling out an update that lets you set a custom wallpaper for each of your chats, along with a whole bunch more wallpapers to choose from as well as your own images.
If you've got the latest version of the app downloaded, you should soon be able to follow the steps below to give each of your chats a more distinctive flavour.
We've also included details on how to set a different wallpaper for when your phone's in dark mode.
Note, though, that this feature isn't applied in all regions - for example, you can't change your wallpaper per chat on iOS in the UK at present.
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WhatsApp offers its users the ability to customize the backgrounds of chats, either all at once or chat by chat. Whether you want to change your background for a functional purpose (a plain background to make messages easier to read) or for aesthetic purposes (a festive background on a group chat for holiday party planning), it can be done in just a few steps.
Here's how to change your WhatsApp wallpaper for all chats and for specific chats on both iPhone and Android.
How to change WhatsApp wallpaper for all chats1. Open WhatsApp. If you have an iPhone, tap the Settings tab at the bottom-right of the screen. If you have an Android, tap the three vertical dots in the top-right corner of the screen, then tap Settings.
2. Tap Chats.
This method changes the backgrounds of all WhatsApp chats in one fell swoop.
Abigail Abesamis Demarest3. Tap Chat Wallpaper.
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4. Tap to choose a Wallpaper from the list of options, or upload a photo from your phone.
5. On the Preview page, tap Cancel to keep browsing or Set to choose the wallpaper as your background for all chats.
On this page, you can preview wallpapers before committing to one. Abigail Abesamis DemarestQuick tip: On Android phones, you can set your background to dark mode from within WhatsApp. If you have an iPhone, WhatsApp will only be in dark mode if it is enabled in your system settings.
How to change WhatsApp wallpaper for a specific chatYou can further customize your WhatsApp experience by having different wallpapers for different chats.
1. In WhatsApp, open the chat you want to change the wallpaper for.
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2. At the top of the chat, tap the three-dot icon. Tap Wallpaper.
3. Tap to choose a wallpaper from the list of options, or upload a photo from your phone.
On iPhone:1. In WhatsApp, open the chat you want to change the wallpaper for.
2. At the top of the chat, tap the group name.
Tap the group name to get more information and make changes to a chat. Abigail Abesamis Demarest3. Tap Wallpaper & Sound.
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From here, the process of choosing a wallpaper is the same as the previous section. Abigail Abesamis Demarest4.
Tap to choose a wallpaper from the list of options, or upload a photo from your phone.
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Use Google search . One of the latest among them was the ability to set different wallpapers for different chats in WhatsApp.
Thanks to this, you can set any chat wallpaper you want. You can even attach selfies or other photos to any contact's chat with you.
The new WhatsApp feature is available for both iPhone and Android smartphones.
How to set the wallpaper for chat in Android version of WhatsApp
1.
Please update WhatsApp to the latest version.
2. Launch the application and open the chat where you want to change the wallpaper.
3. Click on the three dots in the upper right corner and go to the "Wallpaper" section.
4. Here you will see the wallpaper for the default theme. Click on the "Edit" button and you'll be presented with a selection of bright, dark, and solid colors, as well as the option to select photos from the Gallery.
5. Select a wallpaper and click the Set Wallpaper button in the preview window. Select the desired option.
The wallpaper you have applied for each chat will remain even if you apply a shared wallpaper from WhatsApp settings.
How to set WhatsApp Chat Wallpaper on iPhone
There is a completely different method to set Chat Wallpaper on iPhone:
from App Store2 latest version.
2. Launch the app on your iPhone and open the chat where you want to change the wallpaper.
3. Tap a contact to open the chat settings.
4. In the contact settings you will find the "Wallpaper and sound" parameter, click on it and you will see a list of available wallpapers. Select the desired wallpaper and click "Install".
Here you can also set your own wallpaper from your gallery.
That's all you need to do to set your WhatsApp wallpaper on a per-chat basis.
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WhatsApp does not have the most attractive interface, which quickly becomes boring. But that doesn't mean you have to tolerate it. You can set the wallpaper yourself by choosing any picture you like.
How to change the background in whatsapp? Now we'll tell you.
New wallpaper for chats in the messenger can be in the following formats:
How to change WhatsApp background
Next, we will look at several methods of how you can change the chat wallpaper in WhatsApp. They all work on Android, iOS and Windows Phone, as well as on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X desktop systems.
personal as well as group. You can do this as follows:
Change background in all chats
You also have the option to set different backgrounds for individual chats. It is also easy to do this:
Set wallpaper in a specific chat
Thus, you can change the backgrounds in all WhatsApp chats separately so as not to get confused in them and immediately understand where personal correspondence is and where business is.
If you don't want to use the backgrounds that WhatsApp offers you and there are no suitable images in the gallery, you can download third party wallpaper apps.
Such programs can be found in any game and application store of your platform: Play Market for Android, App Store for iOS, and Microsoft Store for Windows Phone.
You can set the wallpaper for WhatsApp through a third party application as follows:
Third party applications
You can of course download and install the WhatsApp wallpaper application. Or you can just find any picture on the Internet, save it to your phone and use it as a background. You can search in services like Google images or special sites with wallpapers for smartphones of different resolutions and sizes.
How to download a wallpaper image to your phone from the Internet:
