Google Search Finally Has Dark Mode – Here’s How To Turn It On

While the Google Search homepage has received a few visual updates over the years, its overall design has remained consistent – it’s a colorful Google logo on a white background.

That’s finally changing – for users who opt, anyway. After rolling out a dark theme for Google’s mobile apps, the company is finally bringing visual relief to desktop users. You know, then you’re looking for critical information like the 3am empanada story without blinding yourself in a sea of ​​white nothingness.

Notably, the dark mode setting not only turns the background into a shade of dark gray, it also turns the Google logo into white, giving the site an extra-minimalist look. I could switch to dark mode just for the aesthetic.

The feature is rolling out “over the next few weeks”, so not everyone will have it available yet. Its availability seems to depend on your specific Google account rather than your IP address; it is available in one of my google accounts but not in the others.

Trying it out is as easy as tapping “Settings” at the bottom of Google.com and selecting the new “Appearance” (which won’t appear if the feature hasn’t been enabled for your account).

You can also select the gear button at the top right of the search results page.

You will then be taken to the settings page, where you will see a new appearance tab. Then just choose the dark or light theme, or have Google automatically change the theme according to your system settings.

The feature is coming to the mobile website as well, although it’s unclear when that will be official. In the meantime, today’s update will be appreciated by those of us who do much of our research from a desktop computer.

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