10 applications that have dark mode for Android
Table of contents:
- Facebook Messenger
- Spotify
- Google Assistant
- Youtube
- Telegram
- Gboard, the Google keyboard
- Contacts, from Google
- Firefox, an interesting browser
- WhatsApp, coming soon
Dark mode is a trend that is here to stay, and it has its reason for being. What dark mode does is use a muted background, usually black, to help with two things. Dark colors are not only less aggressive for our eyes at night, but also help save energy on screens with AMOLED technology. An AMOLED screen turns off that area of pixels and displays true black. This saves a lot of power if we use a lot of apps this way, combined with a black theme on the phone.
Not all current apps have dark mode. But there are more and more that allow it to be activated. Here is a list of 10 apps that do enjoy this mode for Android.
Facebook Messenger
Is the latest addition to the list. Facebook Messenger also has its own dark mode, and here's how to turn it on.
Spotify
This is a bit of a cheat as Spotify can only be used in dark mode. It is one of the apps that has had it for the longest time and that allows us to save a lot of battery if we have an AMOLED screen and we are fans of this app to listen to music Here here are some tricks to get the most out of Spotify.
Google Assistant
The Google assistant also has its own dark mode, although half as we can see in the screenshots. Here are more details on when dark mode came to Google Assistant.
Youtube
Another of the apps that has recently incorporated dark mode. You can activate the dark mode in YouTube in a very simple way. Here we'll explain to you how to do it.
Telegram
Telegram is the best-known messaging client alternative to WhatsApp and for a long time it has allowed us to use dark mode to save on battery. Have you tried it?
One of the incorporations of last year has been Twitter, an app that dark mode suits you very well although it looks more blue than black , and that's not as much savings as in other apps. Twitter's dark mode is designed to be less aggressive to the eye.
Gboard, the Google keyboard
Google's keyboard, GBoard, can also be used in dark mode without any problem. Simply access its Settings and set it to color black to turn off that area of the screen while we are writing.
Contacts, from Google
This is another app that you will surely use in your day to day. Google Contacts also has its dark mode and is very easy to activate. Here are more details.
Firefox, an interesting browser
Chrome's eternal rival, Firefox, allows you to activate dark mode. The good thing about this mode is that it's also included in Chrome Unlike other apps, dark mode, both in Chrome and in Firefox, allows us to set the background of web pages in black, saving a lot of energy when we are browsing.
WhatsApp, coming soon
These are not the only apps that have dark mode for Android. Well, there are many more that already incorporate it, such as Google Play Games, Google Maps, Opera, Discord, Signal, Feedly, Google News, Wikipedia, Twitch, Reddit, etc. In other words, there are many apps that have this mode. We'd like to know if you've already tried it on your phone or if you've never opted to use a dark theme in your apps.
Remember that it only helps to save energy on screens with AMOLED technology, being an absurd method on screens with IPS technology that cannot be turned off the pixels to represent the blacks.
