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How to enable and schedule dark mode on your Android phone
Enabling, scheduling, and adding the dark mode tile to Quick Settings
Are you looking to reduce the battery consumption of your OLED screen, even if slightly? Maybe you’re trying to curb the blinding intensity with which your display hits your eyes when you power your phone at night. Perhaps, you’re just interested in the novelty of Android’s Dark mode or theme. Whichever it is, if you own a phone running Android 10 and above, you can rest assured that this straightforward step-by-step guide will help you activate or schedule dark mode without hassle.
Dark mode has been soaring in popularity as a design trend over the last several years, and for good reason — it minimizes eye strain when using computers over extended periods (Editor's note: It also looks slick AF). With major platforms like macOS, Windows, and Android offering darker shades, it became clear Chrome OS had to catch up with the pack. Dark mode is still in ongoing development despite work on it dating back almost a year now, and it looks unfinished — even today. But Google hasn't thrown in the towel here, and it's now adding another highly requested feature to make dark mode even better.
Second Pixel Feature Drop may land as soon as next week
Features spotted in a teardown include dark mode scheduling, new power key wallet, and the new pause Motion Sense gesture
The folks at 9to5Google have spotted some details hidden in an APK teardown that imply we'll be getting our second Pixel Feature Drop in March. Other information found hidden inside the examined app reveals a handful of features we might see land as part of the update, including scheduling for dark mode, a new "Cards & Passes" power key menu, the play/pause Motion Sense gesture, and a rollout of car crash detection to older Pixels. And given Google's usual first Monday of the month release cadence, that means we could be seeing the next Pixel Feature Drop update as soon as next week.