Are you looking for a guide that will show you in detail what Chrome Dark Mode is and how can you activate it? Very well, you have found the article that is right for you! In this in-depth study we will give you all the information and instructions to succeed in your intent.
Dark Mode is a feature that we will see in more detail in the next lines . It can be activated in any operating system, so we will see for each the procedures to activate it.
So take a few minutes of free time: we are sure that, once you have finished reading, you will have a clearer picture of everything. But no more delay, let’s go!
Chrome Dark Mode
Chrome Dark Mode feature refers to dark mode on desktop devices (Mac OS 10.14 and above, Windows 10 and above) and Dark Theme on mobile devices. Basically, browsing in dark mode or Dark Theme in Chrome, the home page, toolbar, settings and some other pages will turn dark (also find out Chrome is unresponsive and freezes: how to fix ).
To activate Google’s Dark Mode on PC and Mac using Chrome, you need to follow a few simple steps:
- open Google Chrome;
- click on “Settings” at the bottom right of the home page;
- select “Search settings”;
- press on “Aspect” and activate dark mode.
On mobile devices, on the other hand, both iPhone and Android, a different procedure must be followed. Basically, on the iPhone just press on “Settings”, tap on “Screen and brightness” and select the “Dark” mode in “Appearance”.
As for the Android devices, to activate the dark mode you need to open Google Chrome, tap on “Other” at the top right, select “Settings” and finally tap on “Themes”. Once this is done, you can select dark mode.
To check if Dark mode is actually active, open Chome and at the top right check if you see “Your profile: dark mode is active”. In fact, it can often be confused with incognito browsing (also characterized by the dark color), but if there is that wording there is no doubt: you are browsing with the Chrome Dark Mode !
Chrome Dark Mode Android
In the previous lines we have analyzed how to activate the Chrome Dark Mode Android , but let’s analyze this topic better. In summary, these are the steps to take to activate the Dark Theme on Android devices, i.e. smartphones and tablets:
- open Google Chrome;
- tap on “Other” at the top right;
- select “Settings”;
- tap on “Themes”.
Once you have performed these few and simple steps, you can activate the Dark Theme on your Android device. Activating the dark mode on your smartphone first of all has a beneficial effect on sight: it reduces eye fatigue in the evening , since colors that are too light, combined with too high a brightness, could disturb the sight. In the evening it is advisable to lower the brightness, activate a blue light filter and activate the dark mode, so as to improve the readability of the texts.
However, that’s not the only positive effect: the dark mode activated on your smartphone also saves battery! All in the face of a very little impacting change on the interface of your device. However, this only applies to smartphones equipped with a screen with OLED technology, which can benefit from savings from 3 to 9% of battery in the face of a brightness between 30 and 50% , while with a brightness stable at 100%, the savings increases to around 45%.
You should now have a complete and comprehensive overview of Chrome Dark Mode . We have seen how to activate it on Windows, Mac, Android devices and iPhone. So we just have to make an appointment for the next one, in the hope that our guide has been useful to you in practice. Read also How to Remove Ads from Chrome
