Twitter’s dark mode is about to get darker. In response to a customer’s complaint that Twitter’s dark theme isn’t really black, but more of a blue-ish shade, company CEO Jack Dorsey replied that’s going to be fixed. Though a seemingly minor tweak, dark mode settings for apps have become increasingly popular as a means of conserving battery life on high-end devices and making the apps we use often for long stretches easier on our eyes. Techcrunch reports.
The interest in dark themes has grown steadily since Twitter first debuted its own “Night mode” back in mid-2016.
A number of apps now support darker themes, including YouTube, Google, Medium, Reddit, Wikipedia, Instapaper, Pocket, IMDb, iBooks, Kindle, Google Maps, Waze, Opera Mini, and many more. It’s even rumored that the upcoming version of the Android OS will have a system-wide dark mode setting – something dark mode users have wanted for years.
This weekend, the topic made its way to The Wall Street Journal, which made the case for dark modes becoming a standard setting across all apps and devices – not only for ease of use and battery benefits – specifically on OLED screens – but also because it may help lessen device addiction, and improve sleep.
In other words, having a decent dark mode is no longer just an aesthetic choice like skinning your Gmail with a cute photo – it’s an option that has real-world benefits. And for many, a dark mode is now their default.
