WhatsApp to get new font, here’s how you can get it right nowYou’ll possibly get rid of the boring WhatsApp font soon as a new one has shown up on the app’s beta version on Android and iOS. It is not known yet when the font, which looks quite similar to Windows’ FixedSys, will be rolled out to all.

The new font can be tried on WhatsApp v2.16.179 beta on Android, which is available only to those who have signed up for Google Play’s beta program. FoneArena has reported that the feature is available on iOS beta as well.

To use the new font all you need to do is put three grave accent symbol (`) before and after a word or a sentence which you want to modify. However, it seems when it rolls out globally the font won’t need the symbols because it can’t be used with other formatting options like bold and italics. For example: “`hi“` will show the text in new font.

WhatsApp recently rolled out some new features to beta like ‘mentions’ and ‘group invite links’ that are still to reach stable versions.

Mention is a convenient feature to grab a specific person’s attention in a group chat, somewhat similar to tagging a friend on Facebook.

The other feature, group invite link, allows a WhatsApp user to send an invitation link to a friend to join a group chat.

WhatsApp has been adding new features more frequently this year, possibly in a bid to increase the gap with rival messaging apps.

The app in June received a feature which lets users quote messages while replying. To use the feature you need to long press on the message you want to quote, which will show a reply option along with the usual delete, forward, star and copy options at the top of the screen.

Another highly anticipated feature is video calling that has already showed up on developer logs for iOS and Android so far. The feature is already available with almost all the messaging apps like WeChat, Viber, and Line.