{"id":502140,"date":"2026-06-20T07:15:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502140\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T07:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T07:15:19","slug":"whatsapp-tests-new-animated-message-bubbles-on-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/502140\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp tests new animated message bubbles on iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/whatsapp-ios-26.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/guides\/whatsapp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp<\/a> beta available on TestFlight brings back message animations on iOS, this time with a setting that lets users turn them off. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>Message animations coming back to WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As spotted by <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-rolling-out-a-new-message-animation-on-ios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WABetaInfo<\/a>, WhatsApp is working to bring back message animations on iOS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The news comes a week after the same setting rolled out in WhatsApp\u2019s Android beta, and it adds Messages as an option that can be turned on or off in Settings &gt; Chats &gt; Animations, alongside switches for Emoji, Stickers, and GIFs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/whatsapp-animations.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1057642\"  \/>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/wabetainfo.com\/whatsapp-is-rolling-out-a-new-message-animation-on-ios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WABetaInfo<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From WABetaInfo:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WhatsApp removed this animation from the iOS app in a previous update. Since then, messages have appeared without any effect at all. Finally, WhatsApp is now reintroducing message animations on iOS, but with a different style and a dedicated setting this time. We discovered the news after installing the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 26.24.10.70 update, which is available on TestFlight. Specifically, WhatsApp is rolling out a new animation for messages to some beta testers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The site notes that rather than \u201csimply popping into place,\u201d the message bubble \u201cnow fades in while slightly scaling up as it settles into the conversation with the new animation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with most features introduced through WhatsApp\u2019s TestFlight beta, message animations are currently available to only a limited number of testers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no word on when they will roll out publicly, but with testing now underway on both iOS and Android, an official launch may not be that far off.<\/p>\n<p>Worth checking out on Amazon<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5mac.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757289970_377_google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757289971_539_google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Mac as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/43xbZva\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1056443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781939719_960_MSI-9to5Mac_750x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest WhatsApp beta available on TestFlight brings back message animations on iOS, this time with a setting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[85,46,125],"class_list":["post-502140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}