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This is from a previous rollout, but Google Maps’ dark mode should look something like this.
Google Maps has finally decided to support dark mode on Android 539 days after the official launch of Android 10. Google’s latest blog post states that the dark mode in Google Maps will “ soon be expanding to all Android users worldwide, ” making the feature official after many public experiments.
Google’s uneven rollout strategy makes it difficult to pinpoint when a feature will be officially ‘launched’. However, some users have had the dark mode for a while due to various experiments and early implementations. Google has been teasing a dark mode for Google Maps since October 2019, and in September 2020 some users hit experimental implementations. Google Maps has also been showing a dark colored map in navigation mode for some time now, but that’s not the same as extended dark mode for all UI elements.
If Google Maps follows Android best practices, the UI is should automatically switch to the dark theme if your system settings have dark mode enabled. Google says you can also find a new ‘theme’ section in Google Maps settings, where you can toggle the feature manually. Google Maps dark mode that has been floating around for a while is on a server-side switch. The code is already on your device, so there is no version we can refer to that enables dark mode; you just need to wait for Google to flag your account.
Now that Google Maps is finally in dark mode, that should include all of Google’s major apps. The Play Store, Gmail, Google Assistant, Chrome, Calendar, Drive, Photos, and YouTube all support dark mode.
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