{"id":142147,"date":"2019-06-17T20:23:19","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T20:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=142147"},"modified":"2025-07-01T21:48:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T04:48:05","slug":"chrome-dark-mode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/chrome-dark-mode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome dark mode: Google goes dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve reported a lot recently on all the different apps that have been getting dark modes. We\u2019ve talked about the Google Chrome dark mode<\/a>, the Android dark mode, and we\u2019ve shown you how to enable dark mode in Facebook Messenger<\/a>. We\u2019ve even looked at the minute details involved like the\u00a0different types of dark mode background color,<\/a> what they\u2019re for, and why each is useful in its own way.<\/p>\n

It is a style thing yes, but ever since Google released research showing how displaying darker colors uses less battery power, the app world has been on course to a darker place. The internet\u2019s big cheese, Google itself, has been giving all its apps a darker side in preparation for the system-wide Android dark mode that will come with Android Q. Now it is the turn of Google\u2019s core product, Search, to go dark.<\/p>\n

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Google Search and Google Discover for Android are getting a new dark mode<\/h2>\n

If you have an OLED display on your smartphone, having a darker background will make your battery last longer<\/a>. This means that if you\u2019ve ever run out of juice during the day, you\u2019ll be happy to hear that Google\u2019s two main apps, Search and Discover, are getting their very own dark modes. When activated these will make their respective backgrounds pitch black or dark grey with the Google logo and any text being in white, light grey, or blue.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s new dark mode feature is actually quite dynamic. You can set the app to always run in dark mode or you can have it follow whatever setting you have system-wide. As mentioned earlier, Google is working on a total OS dark mode for Android Q. These new features have been spotted in the last two advanced beta versions <\/a>of Google\u2019s upcoming Android operating system update. You can also set the Google Search and Discovery apps to never run in dark mode, even if your system-wide settings are dark.<\/p>\n

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How to activate dark mode on Google Search and Google Discovery<\/h3>\n