Messenger: How to Use the Bloom Chat Theme

Users can add colorful flowers to their conversations

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To celebrate the arrival of spring, Messenger released a “Bloom” chat theme that adds white and yellow flowers to a conversation’s background.

When this theme is activated, the conversation’s “Quick reaction” emoji will automatically switch to the honeybee emoji.

Our guide will show you how to use the Bloom chat theme in the Messenger mobile application.

Note: These screenshots were captured in the Messenger app on iOS.

Step 1: Open the Messenger conversation you want to customize and tap the conversation name at the top of the screen.

Screenshot of a Messenger conversation with a red arrow pointing at the conversation name at the top of the screen
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Step 2: Tap “Theme.”

Screenshot of the details screen for a Messenger conversation with a red arrow pointing at "Theme"
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Step 3: Tap the “Bloom” chat theme.

Screenshot of Messenger's 'Preview and select theme' window with a red arrow pointing at the 'Bloom' theme
Meta

Step 4: Tap the “Select” button in the bottom-right corner of the screen.

Messenger screenshot showing a preview of the "Bloom" chat theme with a red arrow pointing at the "Select" button in the bottom-right corner of the screen
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