After many a false start over the past year, WhatsApp has finally started rolling out the much-awaited Dark Mode on both Android and iOS. It will soon be available globally, adding a fresh look and feel to a familiar experience. It will not only reduce eye strain in low light environments, but should also increase battery life, so if you want to enable the new feature, here’s how you do it on your Android device or your iPhone.
If you’re using an Android smartphone running Android 10 and later, all you need to do is go over to system settings and turn on the system-wide dark theme. However, on devices running Android 9 Pie, you’ll have to activate the feature from within WhatsApp settings.
While the exact location of the ‘Dark Theme’ setting may vary from device to device, our tutorial should give you a very decent idea of how to do it on any device running Android 10 and above. The following are screenshots from our Pixel 2 running Android 11 Developer Preview 1.
As mentioned already, on devices running Android 9 or earlier versions, you’ll have to switch on Dark Mode from within WhatsApp Settings.
- You can now switch between the Light and Dark modes as you want.
On devices running iOS 13, the WhatsApp Dark Mode can be enabled from the phone’s system settings. This is how you do it:
- Now enable the system-wide Dark Mode if it’s not switched-on already.
Enable WhatsApp Dark Mode on Your Android Device or iPhone
Enabling Dark Mode on your smartphone is a breeze irrespective of whether you own an Android device or an iPhone. Now that you know how to do it, go ahead, enable the new theme on your device and let us know what you like and dislike about WhatsApp’s implementation of the much-wanted feature.
