Venmo is about to look and feel very different. Over the next few months, the popular peer-to-peer payments app will roll out a major redesign designed to make Venmo more useful, more social, and much easier to navigate. It’s the biggest refresh Venmo has introduced since 2021, and it signals a clear push to keep the app relevant as expectations around money apps keep evolving.
The timing is especially interesting. PayPal, Venmo’s parent company, is reorganizing operations to treat Venmo as a standalone business unit, a move many see as preparation for bigger strategic options down the road. With industry chatter swirling around potential dealmaking, a high-profile redesign can also be read as Venmo putting its best foot forward.
The update starts rolling out this week, with more changes arriving gradually in the following months. Venmo expects the full redesign to reach all users by fall.
A more visual, interactive Venmo feed
One of the first upgrades users will notice is the revamped Venmo feed. Previously, the feed mostly displayed a straightforward list of transactions—who paid whom—along with GIFs, likes, and comments. The new version leans harder into a modern social feed style, adding larger images, more visual variety, and new ways to interact with what you see.
Venmo is also introducing more response options, including reactions and quick action buttons such as “Pay Again” and “Say Thanks.” The goal is to make repeat actions faster while making the feed feel less like a ledger and more like an ongoing conversation.
Personalization is getting a boost, too. The updated feed can surface tailored cashback offers from brands you shop with and suggest products based on your past purchases. In other words, Venmo is aiming to turn the feed into a place where you not only see payments, but also discover offers and shopping ideas that match your habits.
Shoutouts for local businesses
Another new feature adds a community angle: users will be able to endorse local businesses directly inside the app. A “Give a Shoutout” button will appear under payments in the feed, allowing people to recommend the merchants they love.
This taps into a broader cultural trend, especially among younger users, who often want their spending to reflect their values—and who like sharing recommendations with friends. For Venmo, it’s also a way to make the feed feel more meaningful than a simple record of payments.
New tabs: Send, Money, and Rewards
Venmo is also reorganizing navigation with new sections that make key features easier to find—something the company says users have consistently asked for.
The Send tab is designed to speed up everyday payments. Your most frequent contacts will appear right at the top as profile icons, reducing the need to search through old transactions or type in usernames. Venmo is also making its Groups feature easier to access, simplifying bill splitting for everything from dinners to trips. Groups will support splitting expenses with up to 30 people. The Send area will also support sending gifts and scheduling payments, giving users more flexibility for both planned and spur-of-the-moment transfers.
The Money tab becomes a central place to manage expenses and access additional tools, including Teen Accounts and crypto features. It’s meant to be the “home base” for people who use Venmo for more than quick payments.
A new Rewards tab will gather limited-time offers in one place, helping users find deals without hunting through different screens. This is also where Venmo’s Stash program will live. Stash, launched last November, offers up to 5% cash back when users shop with participating brands in the app, with rewards deposited directly to the Venmo Mastercard Debit Card.
Why Venmo is making these changes now
Venmo says the redesign is the result of a year of user research, and one key takeaway was surprising but straightforward: many people didn’t realize how many features Venmo already has. By reshaping the layout and introducing clearer tabs, the app is trying to make those tools easier to discover and more intuitive to use.
More broadly, the redesign reflects what many younger users now expect from a payment app. Instead of being purely functional, money apps are increasingly blending finance with social behavior—helping people keep up with friends, split costs in groups, and interact around transactions in ways that feel familiar to social media.
Venmo’s new look makes that direction unmistakable: faster payments, more ways to engage, better discovery of features, and a feed built to feel more like a modern social platform. With the full rollout expected by fall, users should see Venmo steadily transform over the coming months into an app that’s not just for sending money, but for staying connected while doing it.
