This way, you can view any website in Google Chrome in dark mode
Google Chrome has been working in a dark theme for some time, but you may also want to view websites in a dark jacket. That doesn’t work as standard in the browser yet, but we do explain how to activate it in Chrome.
Chrome browsing in dark theme
Dark themes are popular for a number of reasons. First of all because it is more pleasant for the eyes at night to see apps with a dark background on the screen, but also because your phone works more economically if you don’t use a light theme. At least that is the case on AMOLED screens, because the individual pixels can then go out in places where the image is really black.
Many of your apps will already have a dark theme, but chances are you will come across a lot of light websites in your browser. There’s no default setting to change that either, but Chrome does let you force websites into a dark theme using an experimental feature known as a Chrome flag. We explain how to do this in the step-by-step plan below.
- Open Chrome
- Type chrome://flags in the address bar and confirm
- In the search bar on the web page, type dark mode and confirm
- At the function Auto Dark Mode for Web Contents choose you Enabled
- Press on the Relaunch-knob
Left: Androidworld’s default dark theme. Right: the theme forced by Chrome
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Please note that this feature could sometimes cause problems in combination with some websites. What Chrome actually does is display the colors inverted, but some texts and menus may become less legible as a result. It still works best to use the dark themes on websites that actually offer them, as we do at Androidworld. In that case, web pages are better optimized.
What do you think of this feature? Are you going to activate this Chrome flag? Perhaps you have been using a dark theme for all websites in Chrome for much longer? Let us know in the comments.
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