Rita El Khoury / Android Authority
With Android QPR2, which started rolling out a few days ago in early December, Google is bringing a slew of cool new features to Android — specifically its Pixel phones. One of these is a feature I’m sure many of you have been praying for: a forced dark mode that applies to most apps, even if they don’t support a dark mode out of the box.
The new feature is called Expanded dark mode, and here’s how you can enable it on your Pixel phone as well as a few examples of how it works.
Do you wish you could force a dark mode on all of your apps? 10 votes Yes. Hello darkness, my old friend. 90 % No. Developers should choose if their app can switch to dark mode. 0 % I don't use dark mode at all. 10 %
How to enable Expanded dark mode on Android
Step 1: Make sure your Pixel is compatible Before we get started, you need to make sure you have a compatible phone. All Pixels that have received the Android QPR2 update should have the new Expanded dark mode out of the box. This includes every Google phone since the Pixel 6 series. I haven’t personally tested all of these out, but it’s available on my Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 9a, Pixel 9 Pro, and my husband’s Pixel 7 Pro. Here’s the complete list:
Pixel 6
Pixel 6 Pro
Pixel 6a
Pixel 7
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