GoKawiilWhatsApp is continuing its Liquid Glass redesign on iOS, with the latest TestFlight build revealing work on updated message reactions and context menus. Here are the details.
Liquid Glass revamp continues in beta ahead of broader rollout
Last year, following the release of iOS 26, Meta rolled out a small-scale test of the Liquid Glass look applied to the official app’s bottom navigation bar and to some elements of its Chats tab interface.
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WhatsApp is rolling out the new Apple's new Liquid Glass design language for the iOS 26 app, and it's available to some users!
Some users can experiment with this feature by installing the previous update.https://t.co/SPrdOvJGgc pic.twitter.com/LmDlCfAJeQ — WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) October 8, 2025
To this day, this rollout still appears extremely limited, with most users still seeing the pre-Liquid Glass interface.
On TestFlight builds, however, Meta has continued experimenting with more Liquid Glass refinements.
Just in recent weeks, the WhatsApp build on TestFlight revealed that Meta was working to bring Liquid Glass to the in-chat interface, following an earlier beta that showed a similar overhaul for the app’s voice message player.
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