Gmail for Android is Getting a Dark Mode

Jun. 21, 2019

Yeah, Gmail for Android is getting a dark mode, but so far, it’s the definition of half-baked. For starters, itonly appears in the app’s settings, and even then it decides whether to show up or not on its own —there’s no toggleto enable or disable it so far.

It’s also clearly a work in progress, because even when the app goes into dark mode, thetext on the main settings screen remains black, which is definitely not what you’d want. Check out the screenshots of Gmail’s settings in dark mode, and you’ll know exactly what I mean.

Still, this hints that the Gmail team is working on implementing a dark mode in the app, and that’ll definitely be a welcome change for people who aren’t huge fans of the excessive white in Google’s redesigned apps — which, personally, I don’t mind.