Confirmed: Google adds a dark mode to Windows 10 Chrome browser

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Edge is onebrowserthat includes a dark theme. That transforms Edge’s UI into a dark alternative. More and more publishers are adding similar dark modes to their software. A Chrome engineer has now effectively confirmed that Google plans to add dark mode support to its flagshipbrowserforWindows 10.

The Chrome engineer Mr. Kasting confirmed on Reddit that Google plans to add a dark mode toChrome. In a Reddit post, Mr. Kasting states, “For desktop, native dark mode support is in progress; in the meantime, we generally suggest people use a dark theme.”

That is not an official announcement, but Mr. Kasting has nevertheless confirmed that dark mode support forChromeis in the pipeline.

Canary, an experimental version ofChrome, already includes a command flag that enables users to activate a dark theme for thebrowser. Users can activate the dark theme by entering a ‘–force-dark-mode’ command flag in the Target text box on the Canary Properties window. However, Chrome stable does not include any kind of dark mode flag.

Nevertheless, Chrome users can still add a dark mode to thebrowserwithnew themes. Morpheon Dark is one dark theme for thebrowser. Click theAdd to Chromebutton on thetheme’s pageto add Morpheon Dark to thebrowser.

That applies a dark style toChrome’s tabs, URL toolbar andNew Tabpage as shown in the snapshot directly below.

To extend the dark theme, users can also add Dark Reader toGoogle Chrome. That extension adds a dark background to webpages open in thebrowser. Press theAdd to Chromebutton on theextension’s pageto install Dark Reader.

When exactly Google will updateChrometo include a dark theme is somewhat unclear. Dark mode for macOSChromeis expected to arrive in early 2019. However, it will probably take a little longer for Google to add dark mode to WindowsChrome.

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Confirmed: Google adds a dark mode to Windows 10 Chrome browser