Dark mode comes to Google Maps: now available for some users

Google has rolled out dark mode in most of its apps over the past two years. Although one of the best known applications of the firm as Google Maps still doesn’t have access to this dark mode. It was weeks ago that it could be seen that this dark mode was already preparing to reach the application, also in Spain. It seems that the moment is beginning to arrive.

Some users are starting to get dark mode on Google Maps for Android. This is something that is available to very few users, but it shows the beginning of the deployment of this function, which will allow you to change the appearance of the application on Android.

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Dark mode comes to Google Maps

The ability to activate dark mode is entered in the Google Maps settings, where the Appearance section is introduced. In it there are three options: light mode, dark mode and specific theme of the system. Furthermore, this mode would be independent of the navigation mode.

By activating this mode in the app, you can see that the interface takes on a dark gray background color. The search bar also changes color, to a gray tone, while the icons, such as the microphone, turn white. If you click on any of the icons, they are shown in a light blue tone.

In the app the names of the streets or places can be read without problem, so it is a correct dark mode. As it has a dark gray background, it is a dark mode intended to facilitate the use of the application at certain times and not to save energy on phones with AMOLED panels.

Users who have been shown dark mode use version 10.51.1 from Google Maps on Android. Although the update is being launched from the server side, so even if you have this version of the app installed on your phone, you may not have the option to activate it yet. In addition, it is being launched for users with both Android 10 and Android 11. It is expected that this mode will be deployed to everyone over the next few days.

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