{"id":33964,"date":"2020-06-29T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2624386"},"modified":"2020-06-29T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T14:15:00","slug":"facebook-is-introducing-a-dark-mode-for-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/29\/facebook-is-introducing-a-dark-mode-for-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook is introducing a dark mode for mobile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\">Users reported seeing the dark mode interface on iOS<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-entry-summary p-dek\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/53a2Nj-6iXjs-i0pWN58LwXFbkA=\/0x0:2040x1360\/1200x800\/filters:focal(857x517:1183x843)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/66992490\/jbareham_180405_1777_facebook_0003.0.jpg\" width=\"689\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"zrbVIm\">After launching a dark mode for its desktop interface, Facebook confirms it is testing a dark mode for its mobile apps as well. As first noted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialmediatoday.com\/news\/facebook-dark-mode-is-now-being-tested-with-a-small-percentage-of-mobile-us\/580666\/\"><em>SocialMedia Today<\/em><\/a>, Facebook has made the dark mode available to a very small percentage of people globally, a spokesperson told&nbsp;<em>The Verge<\/em>&nbsp;in an email Sunday. The mobile version of the dark mode&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21252289\/facebook-desktop-redesign-web-dark-mode-how-to-available\">Facebook introduced last month<\/a>&nbsp;for desktop is &ldquo;meant to cut down on glare,&rdquo; particularly in low-light environments, the spokesperson said. There&rsquo;s no timeline yet for when the dark mode will be available to all mobile users, however.<\/p>\n<p id=\"rtBqGl\">Users who already have the new dark mode on mobile tweeted screenshots of what it looks like:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattNavarra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276456724543803393%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2020%2F6%2F28%2F21305946%2Ffacebook-dark-mode-mobile-ios\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattNavarra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1276456724543803393%7Ctwgr%5E&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F2020%2F6%2F28%2F21305946%2Ffacebook-dark-mode-mobile-ios<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"UDC7l3\">It&rsquo;s a bit surprising it&rsquo;s taken this long for Facebook to roll out a mobile dark mode; its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/10\/7\/20903897\/instagram-dark-mode-apple-ios-13-iphone-setting-update\">Instagram<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/3\/3\/21162387\/whatsapp-dark-mode-ios-android-download-features-release-date\">WhatsApp<\/a>&nbsp;apps have dark mode already, as does&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/4\/15\/18311582\/facebook-messenger-dark-mode-android-ios\">Facebook Messenger<\/a>. Twitter has had a version of night mode for its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/26\/12285842\/twitter-android-night-mode-announced\">Android&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/8\/22\/12586178\/twitter-night-mode-feature-ios-app-update\">iOS apps<\/a>&nbsp;for some time, and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/5\/19\/21264056\/google-app-dark-mode-android-ios\">Google rolled out a dark mode<\/a>&nbsp;for its app earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Nm7btq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/3\/15\/18261967\/dark-mode-battery-saving-feature-apps-os-platforms-developments\">Low-light and dark mode varieties<\/a>&nbsp;&mdash; which allow users to change the background color of an app window to black&mdash; are popular not only because they make apps easier to view for some users and are a bit more aesthetically pleasing, but because most dark mode versions can help preserve a device&rsquo;s battery life as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21252289\/facebook-desktop-redesign-web-dark-mode-how-to-available\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/21252289\/facebook-desktop-redesign-web-dark-mode-how-to-available<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/> Kim Lyons<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p> Kim Lyons<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Users reported seeing the dark mode interface on iOS After launching a dark mode for its desktop interface, Facebook confirms it is testing a dark mode for its mobile apps as well. As first noted by&nbsp;SocialMedia Today, Facebook has made the dark mode available to a very small percentage of people globally, a spokesperson told&nbsp;The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/29\/facebook-is-introducing-a-dark-mode-for-mobile\/\">Continue reading <span>Facebook is introducing a dark mode for mobile<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/29\/facebook-is-introducing-a-dark-mode-for-mobile\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facebook is introducing a dark mode for mobile - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/29\/facebook-is-introducing-a-dark-mode-for-mobile\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook is introducing a dark mode for mobile - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Users reported seeing the dark mode interface on iOS After launching a dark mode for its desktop interface, Facebook confirms it is testing a dark mode for its mobile apps as well. 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