While the dark mode frenzy has come and gone, there is one app that has not yet embraced the dark side. Yes, I am talking about WhatsApp and its excruciatingly long phase of beta testing. However, that is going to change soon as the official dark theme on WhatsApp is already up and working flawlessly. We know this thanks to a fellow Redditor who discovered the hidden flag recently. The great part is that the official dark mode has made its way to the stable release and not some beta or modified build, which means the official rollout is imminent. However, it’s not here yet. If you are someone who cannot wait for the official release anymore, I am going to show you how to get the dark mode on WhatsApp right now.
As I mentioned above, you will need root access to modify certain flags in the app package. In case, you have no idea about rooting, you can through our tutorial and root your device. Also, we did our testing on the OnePlus 7T running the latest stable build of WhatsApp (2.19.352 and 2.19.358) and it worked flawlessly. So, let’s begin with the steps.
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Here are some glimpses of WhatsApp in dark mode.
If WhatsApp is reverting to light mode after every app restart then change the theme of your Android device to dark mode permanently. Apart from that, if your device has an option to lock background apps, enable that option for WhatsApp. It will remain active in the background even after closing all the apps.
