There is no turtle mode to be activated and the function is not foreseen by Meta. In reality, the alleged function is nothing more than a simple customization of the icon. It is not the first time that fake news spread on the new WhatsApp modalities, just a few days ago it had circulated in Italy that of the third blue check.
A case was mounted on the Turtle mode of WhatsApp. Beyond the speculations bounced on the web everything starts from a simple customization which allows you to add on the messaging app the icon of a turtle. That’s all. There is no mode to activate, as several sites have presented it, it is simply A change of icon Possible thanks to third -party launcher available on digital stores. Not only that, even the turtle seems completely random since the apps allow you to customize whatsapp using any icon, cat, dog, sun, flames. Not necessarily a turtle.
Those who want can add an icon, to do so, however, it is necessary first to download Nova Launcher, then theimage any, Possibly in PNG format, hold down the WhatsApp icon until it appears “edit”, select the image and press the end. It is not a mode envisaged by Meta and nothing is activated, it only changes The aesthetics of the messaging app. Always side customization WhatsApp has recently launched the themes inside the chats that allow you to change color to the background based on the conversations.
The hoax on the third blue check
It is not strange to see strange theories or new functions attributed to WhatsApp to emerge on the web. At the beginning of the month, in fact, several tested and specialized sites announced the arrival of a third blue check to report the chat screenshots. It’s a fake news. At the moment, in fact, this function did not appear in the beta version of WhatsApp. Not only that, the same news had circulated in 2020 and 2021 and Wabetainfo, a portal specialized on the messaging app, had denied the launch of a third blue check. Several times he wrote on X: “Whatsapp will not implement the function of notification of the screenshots with three blue draws! It’s a FakeNews”.
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The news coming to WhatsApp
There are no turtle mode, nor blue tick for the screenshots, the messaging app is testing new features which will be launched in the next updates. Wabetainfo has in fact announced the arrival of the automatic translation, a functionality to detect the language and allow users of communicate faster translating directly into chat. Meta will also allow you to add your Instagram profile on the messaging app. It will be possible to attach a link, a way to make it again Meta apps are more interconnected.
Finally, the event option for single chats will also arrive on WhatsApp. Wabetainfo discovered it thanks to the last update WhatsApp Beta for iOS 25.2.10.73, available on Testflight. So far the option could be used only in group chats. Now it will be possible to set appointments, reminder And share the details of the event directly in the individual chats.
