How to activate YouTube dark mode on Android

There comes a time when the mobile light bothers. In the dark of night, there are times when, even with the brightness turned down, there are terminals so powerful that they dazzle. There are various applications to dim the brightness of the screen, but the ideal is that each application should have the possibility of choosing an appropriate dark color theme so that the screen does not emit as much light. We miss it, this dark mode, in a browser as widely used as Google Chrome.And we missed it on YouTube, until now. We can finally activate the dark mode in the most used video application in the world.

This is how you can get and activate YouTube's dark mode

The first thing to look at to make sure you have YouTube dark mode available is by looking at which version of the app you're using. To do this, we are going to go to the Play Store application. In the search engine, we place 'YouTube' until the application appears on the screen. Now, we look for information about it, clicking where we can read 'More information'. We lower the screen to the bottom and look at 'Version'. In this case, we have to have YouTube version 13.35.51 or later installed. If it is lower, we will have to update it, waiting for the new version to arrive.

Next, let's proceed to clear app cache to get YouTube dark mode. If we don't clear the cache, we may still see an older version, or older features, and dark mode may be hidden. So let's proceed to it. To clear the cache, we have to enter the settings menu, which is usually represented by a nut, and then we go to the applications section. Depending on the customization layer you have, the access itinerary to clear the cache may vary. You must enter applications, then search for YouTube and, here, look for 'Clear cache' or 'application data'. Below we leave you screenshots of how to do it on a Xiaomi model.

Activating YouTube's dark mode has its advantages

And now we are going to what really matters, which is to activate the dark mode of YouTube. To do this we are going to carry out the following steps.

We open the application and look at the small profile picture that appears at the top right of the screen. When you locate it, tap it.

We will have entered our personal account page. Here we can configure a thousand and one details of our account and, of course, switch to dark mode. To do this, click on 'Settings'. Next, we look at the first section 'General'. If everything went well, the option to activate the dark mode appears in second place We simply have to press the switch so that, automatically, the interface of the application turns dark.

One of the great advantages of applying YouTube's dark mode is that you will save battery life while browsing its interface It is known that dark colors on the screen use less energy than white and bright colors. In addition, and as we pointed out at the beginning, your eyes will appreciate the dark mode once you have activated it. It would be great if there was a way for it to turn on automatically after an hour. Hopefully this feature will appear in later updates.