The dark mode of Gmail arrives on Android phones. Turn it on now

With Android 10Google allows you to apply a dark theme to the entire system. new Android mobile OSand you can easily activate it in individual Google apps on your phone, from calculator to calendar, via YouTube. But Google does not allow you to apply it everywhere and some popular apps, including Chrome, do not have dark mode. Gmail is one of them, but it's no longer a problem because Google has begun to roll out a dark mode setting for Gmail on Android 10. Google broadcasts the update slowly, so that it n & # 39; Is not yet available for everyone.

Dark mode is more and more in demand. Before Android did use it, the popularity of dark modes for apps was already increasing, such as Facebook Messenger and Slack and Reddit apps, for example. And Apple also follows the trend of dark mode, like iPhone and iPad ($ 290 at Walmart) will also have a dark theme with the release of iOS 13 this month.

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The new version of Apple's mobile operating system will apply the theme in general: wallpaper, widgets, notifications, calendar and messages.

With dark mode, you can save a little battery and the screen of your phone will be easier for your eyes at night. Google added first dark mode to an update Android Pie earlier this year, but the theme has not been addressed everywhere. In Android 10, dark mode is much more prevalent and applications using the default system theme automatically adopt the new dark mode when you turn it on, reversing dark and light colors.

Not all Google apps automatically use the default system theme. With Gmail, you need to turn on dark mode in Calendar, for example, and YouTube. Here's how to enable it in Gmail on Android 10.

Enable the Gmail Dark Mode setting in Android 10

Although many of Google's Android apps adopt a dark theme when you turn it on in general settings, you need to activate it separately in Gmail.

1. In your phone's Gmail app, tap the hamburger menu at the top left.

2 Scroll to the bottom of the list and tap Settings.

3 Tap General settings.

4 At the top of the list, tap Theme.

5 Tap Dark, or if you've already set the dark theme as your default system, tap System. default.

Set the dark theme as the default system setting in Android 10

For applications that automatically adopt the default system, here's how to enable the dark theme.

1. In Settings, tap View.

2 At the bottom of the list of settings, switch to the dark theme.

With Gmail, you can do more than change its appearance, of course. You can prevent spammers from following youfor example unsent messages to avoid regret.

Originally published earlier this week. Updated with deployment details.

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