WhatsApp expands the Liquid Glass design to its video player

WhatsApp’s continued rollout of its Liquid Glass redesign shows Meta is still investing in a more consistent, modern UI across platforms, with the video player now one of the last major surfaces to be updated. For CIOs and technology leaders, the broader takeaway is that even mature consumer apps can require staged, cross-device interface modernization, underscoring the importance of managing version fragmentation, user experience consistency, and rollout risk in large software estates.