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    Chat Themes on Beeper Desktop

    Change the colors and backgrounds of your chats, for every chat or just one.

    Chat Themes let you change the colors and backgrounds of your chats on Beeper Desktop. You can set a default look for all of Beeper, or give individual conversations their own style.

    Want a quieter background while you work, but a splash of color for the group planning your next trip? You can choose chat by chat, without changing the look of everything else.

    What you can customize

    Beeper Desktop chats shown with different Chat Themes: solid colors, a photo background, and custom bubble colors
    • Colors: change the color of your chats, including message bubbles.
    • Backgrounds: pick a solid color or an image background.
    • Default look: set one theme that applies across Beeper.
    • Per-chat themes: give a single conversation its own style without affecting your other chats.

    Set a default theme for all chats

    1. Open Settings.
    2. Go to Appearance → Chat Appearance.
    3. Choose the colors and background you want as your default.

    Customize a single chat

    1. Open the chat you want to change.
    2. Click the chat's header to open Chat Info.
    3. Select Edit in the top-right corner.
    4. Choose Chat Theme and pick the look for that conversation.

    FAQs

    1. Does a per-chat theme change my other chats?
      No. A theme set from Chat Info applies only to that conversation. Your other chats keep your default look.
       
    2. I don't see Chat Appearance in Settings
      Make sure Beeper Desktop is updated to the latest version, then restart the app.

     

     

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