The company figures this will improve the overall experience of Facebook on Android, which is used by millions of users worldwide but remains a challenging platform to develop for. It’s really good to see app developers support dark mode (even if support comes in this late): As more apps pivot towards whiter and brighter designs, dark themes provide a much-needed break for your eyes.Facebook(s fb) engineers explained on Thursday that the company will begin asking regular users of the company’s Android(s goog) app to participate in a beta testing program to identify bugs before they hit the generally available version. As I said before, both the main website and the Lite app have supported dark mode already for a few months, so it was really just the mobile app that lacked support for it. Instagram, WhatsApp, and even Messenger have already gotten dark mode support built into the app, so it’s high time for the Facebook app to also get a dark theme. People will start to see the option in their Facebook app settings as we roll it out globally.” – a Facebook company spokesperson “We know people have been asking for dark mode, and they won’t have to wait much longer. We have yet to see an official announcement from Facebook on their Newsroom website, but a Facebook spokesperson reached out to us shortly after the publication of this article to confirm the feature’s rollout.
Now when it does show up, it should be available under the “Settings & Privacy” menu as a simple toggle and will be compatible with Android’s system-wide dark mode available from Android 10 onwards. Looking at responses on Twitter shows the rollout is kind of a mixed bag, with some users reporting it shows up on their end (mostly iOS users as the feature is also rolling out for them) while others are reporting it’s not.įacebook for Android’s Dark Mode actually surfaced publicly a few months ago.
The rollout will take some time, though, as it doesn’t seem to be available on my end just yet, even after updating to beta version 295.0.0.26.119.
The announcement was first made by Jane Manchun Wong, who normally tweets about unreleased features in many apps (including Facebook), but the tweet was actually made in collaboration with official company spokespersons this time around. You asked it, I chatted with Facebook’s about it and here’s a video made in collaboration with Facebook! /TGjdTXDxoP Well, we bring you good news today: Facebook has started to more broadly roll out Dark Mode for its official Android app.įacebook is publicly testing Dark Mode! ? Android users were, however, left with an obnoxiously bright app. And this, at least in the case of the website and even the Facebook Lite app, was introduced together with a toggle for switching between light and dark mode, with dark mode taking all of the white and turning it dark. Instead, we now have a slightly brighter tone of blue as highlights while the app’s main color is all white. Gone is the blue main color scheme that formerly was a staple of Facebook. Both the Facebook app and the Facebook website have both recently underwent a massive redesign.