My colleague Dieter Bohn says that this feature, among a few others, is “genuinely useful,” though it’s not without its problems.
If you own a Samsung phone that has Android 9 Pie via Samsung’s One UI update, you can turn on Night Mode by opening up the Settings menu located in your app drawer, going to the Display option and toggling Night Mode. But even where dark modes do exist, there are usually some limitations. You may have a dark theme available for you to switch on in the display settings. If your phone doesn’t yet support Android 10, the story differs a bit depending on the phone that you have. When you click it, it will force the Dark theme across Android 10, as well as many of Google’s own apps. Once you see Dark theme, drag it into your main lineup. If you don’t see it, pull the Quick Settings bar all the way down, then tap the pencil icon.
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge How to get dark mode on your Android phoneĭark Theme, Google’s name for a system-wide dark mode, launched in Android 10. Navigate to “Control Center.” Then, find “Customize controls,” and you’ll see an option to add Dark Mode to your Control Center. The other involves opening the Settings app. A Dark Mode switch will then appear on the bottom left corner. You can swipe down to access the Control Center (swipe up on older devices) and then tap and hold on the Brightness dial. There are a few other methods for switching on Dark Mode for iOS 13.
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge How to get dark mode on your iPhoneĪlright, iPhone users, Dark Mode is finally available for you - that is, if you download iOS 13. Note that any unofficial dark mode is likely to be imperfect, and app compatibility could be a mixed bag for you.
Either way, here are a few ways you can put dark mode into your day - or night. If it doesn’t, but you’re eager to experiment, there may be some third-party workarounds depending on your device. If you’re curious about whether your favorite app or platform supports dark mode, we’re keeping track of every development. Dark mode is also available in several popular apps, including Instagram, Slack, Twitter, and Google Chrome, and Google’s now committed to bringing it to every major first-party Android app it produces. You can find it in places like macOS Catalina and on the Nintendo Switch.
These days, you can find official support for dark mode in a lot of places it’s now available in iOS 13, and Google offers it in Android 10. If you use a smartphone that has an OLED display, it might save some battery life, too.
Beyond the thrill of invigorating a tired design, some like to have the option because it makes looking at your devices a little easier on the eyes. Dark mode is a feature that lets you switch the color theme of an app or an entire desktop operating system to black or something close to it.