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Android 15’s Ability to Make All Apps Go Dark Will be Awesome

Tim April 26, 2024 11

Even with Android 15 entering public beta, there are still things Google are working on behind the scenes. One of the features still getting cooked up is the ability to force dark mode in all of your apps, regardless of whether have a native dark mode or not....

Google Drive on Desktop Gets Dark Mode

Tim April 16, 2024 6

Considering how long this seemed to take, we didn't think this day was ever coming. After a good amount of waiting, Google Drive on the web is now available with dark mode, and yup, it's super hot. Google showcases dark mode for Drive in all of its glory down...

Google Maps Dark Theme is Here!

Kellen September 29, 2020 15

Thanks to a brief tease from Google last year, we thought Google Maps picking up a dark theme would have been news we wrote up and forgot about long ago. For reasons we'll likely never know, that dark theme never showed up, but we are seeing signs that it...

Google Home App’s Dark Mode Actually Showed Up

Kellen August 27, 2020 20

The Google Home app on Android has forever been the whitest f*cking app on my phone. It's filled with a couple of fun little colorful icons surrounded by swaths of empty white on white on white space. It's the worst app you could ever open in a dark room,...

Google Chat Gets Dark Theme!

Kellen July 29, 2020 19

Google Chat, one of the whitest apps in the history of the app game, got its dark theme today. The update with dark theme is already rolling out too, so be sure to check your Play Store for updates if you use it. Google announced the news through its G Suite...

Google App Goes Dark

Kellen May 19, 2020

The Google App apparently did not have a proper dark theme until today. Google fixed that on both Android and iOS in an update or server-side switch that has begun rolling out this week. The dark mode flips Google App results (Search) from light to dark, that'...

YouTube TV Gets a Dark Theme!

Kellen April 9, 2020

The YouTube TV app on Android has forever been one of the whitest of all Google apps. It's astoundingly white and without a dark mode, which is weird, because the app is one of Google's more supported apps that gets frequent updates. If I were a betting man, I...

Google Play Dark Theme Now Available to All

Kellen March 12, 2020

If for some reason you are hanging onto a phone without Android 10 and all the dark mode action our lives deserve, know that Google Play will at least give you darkness in times of need. Google announced this week that the Google Play dark them is now...