While it still hasn’t rolled out widely, Google is actively working on introducing a completely dark mode for Google Search on desktop. Thanks to another A / B test, we found that Google Search dark mode can also track the system theme on your desktop.
If you open an incognito window in Chrome (or in our case, Chrome OS), you may be greeted with a new message on your search. A box indicates that “Dark theme is now available” and encourages users to enable the setting quickly and easily with a keyboard shortcut. In particular, the icon used looks familiar. We’re pretty sure it was used on a previous dark mode rollout.
In the search settings, Google then offers users the option to see that the dark mode matches the desktop system theme, which is not very common for Google’s various dark modes. While many Google products have a dark mode on the web, most have to be turned on manually. Based on this A / B test, it looks like Google Search just matches the theme of your device as a whole. Google’s My Activity page is another notable example of this functionality in a web app.
This functionality is useful for Windows 10 and macOS users, both of which have system-wide themes supported by Chrome, Safari, Edge and other browsers.
In this case, we didn’t notice any design changes to the overall look of dark mode on Google Search this time. Google still opts for a dark gray background instead of true black, using white elements to contrast with the background and a slight blur for the various icons and links. As previously reported, dark mode still didn’t work on all pages, nor did it continue to close an incognito that reopened.
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