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That is from an earlier rollout, however Google Maps’ darkish mode ought to look one thing like this.
Google Maps has lastly determined to assist darkish mode on Android 539 days after it formally launched Android 10. Google’s latest blog post says that darkish mode in Google Maps is “quickly increasing to all Android customers globally,” making the characteristic official after plenty of public experiments.
Google’s uneven rollout technique makes it exhausting to nail down when any characteristic formally “launches.” Some customers have had darkish mode for some time, although, by way of varied experiments and early rollouts. Google has been teasing a darkish mode for Google Maps since October 2019, and experimental rollouts hit some customers in September 2020. Google Maps has additionally been displaying a dark-colored map in navigation mode for a while, however that is not the identical factor as a complete darkish mode for all of the UI components.
If Google Maps is following Android’s greatest practices, the UI ought to mechanically swap over to the darkish theme in case your system settings have darkish mode enabled. Google says you will additionally have the ability to discover a new “theme” part within the Google Maps settings, the place you possibly can toggle the characteristic manually. The Google Maps darkish mode that has been floating round for some time has been on a server-side swap. The code is already in your gadget, so there is no model we will level to that can allow darkish mode; you simply have to attend for Google to flag your account.
With Google Maps lastly on the darkish mode practice, that ought to cowl all of Google’s main apps. The Play Retailer, Gmail, Google Assistant, Chrome, Calendar, Drive, Photographs, and YouTube all assist darkish mode.
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