WhatsApp is extending its Liquid Glass visual style on iOS, bringing the sleek, translucent design to more areas of the app. After a broad rollout earlier this year, the company is now applying the design changes to the drawing editor and the video player’s progress bar. These updates are still in development and have not yet reached beta testers. ([9to5mac.com](https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/20/whatsapp-is-working-on-even-more-liquid-glass-interface-changes-on-ios/))
What’s Changing
Earlier in the year, WhatsApp revamped its interface with Liquid Glass across core elements like the voice message player, message reactions, and context menus. Those changes were initially tested in beta before being released more widely. ([9to5mac.com](https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/20/whatsapp-is-working-on-even-more-liquid-glass-interface-changes-on-ios/))
According to a report sourced from the app’s latest iOS beta, the design overhaul will soon apply to the drawing editor—where users annotate photos, videos, or GIFs. The tool’s buttons—for drawing, adding text, placing stickers—will adopt the Liquid Glass look. Simultaneously, the video player’s playback progress bar is also set to receive the update. The bar that tracks how far along a video you are will mirror the translucent, glass-like style of the rest of the revamped UI. ([9to5mac.com](https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/20/whatsapp-is-working-on-even-more-liquid-glass-interface-changes-on-ios/))
Where It Stands Now & Broader Rollout
While some users still haven’t seen the original Liquid Glass design on their iPhones, these new tweaks indicate Meta’s ongoing effort to unify the look across all platforms. In addition to iOS, work is underway to bring Liquid Glass to macOS and iPadOS. ([9to5mac.com](https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/20/whatsapp-is-working-on-even-more-liquid-glass-interface-changes-on-ios/))
It’s important to note that the drawing editor and video player updates are not yet available in beta. They remain under internal development, meaning there’s no public build that features them—yet. ([9to5mac.com](https://9to5mac.com/2026/08/20/whatsapp-is-working-on-even-more-liquid-glass-interface-changes-on-ios/))
Visual design trends like Liquid Glass reflect WhatsApp’s attempt to modernize and refine its user interface, shifting toward more transparency, depth, and fluid styling. What was once limited to a test environment is now being pushed out across more consumer-facing features, which suggests it’s becoming a standard component of WhatsApp’s aesthetic.
As WhatsApp gradually rolls out these changes, pay attention to how these interface tweaks may affect usability—transparency and stylized elements can be elegant, but they must still meet core principles of accessibility and responsiveness. Updates like this are also signals of how Meta is aiming to maintain consistency in visual design across iOS, macOS, and iPadOS. For users, the value will come down to whether the new design feels smoother and more unified—or just flashier for its own sake.
