If you’re reading this article from our app with an Android phone (iOS users, please hold on because we’re still working on it!), you’d know that you can read our articles in dark mode.
Despite the high cost of developing a dark mode for an app, we went ahead with it as it’s one of the most requested features, and it’s for good reasons.
Known officially as the “light-on-dark colour scheme”, dark mode usually uses inverted colour palettes that are more comfortable to the eyes in dark surroundings. Blue lights are usually masked or lessened so it won’t be that strong when you’re using it at night.
Like what a colleague told me, “Once you’ve used dark mode, you won’t want to go back to normal mode at night.”
Lest you’re reading this from Facebook (you really need to download our app, my friend), here’s how a normal article looks like without dark mode:
And this is how an article on dark mode looks like:
Other than being more comfortable to your eyes, it also saves more battery: in fact, up to six times more.
On certain phones, you can actually turn the phone to “dark mode” for its OS, but individual apps would still load the normal mode unless they’ve dark mode in it.
If Dark Mode is So Goody, Why Didn’t ALL Apps Have It?
Case in point: Facebook.
There’s no dark mode in Facebook simply because it’s not just about inverting the colours and lowering the blue light: it takes lots of tests and it might not work on an app that’s image-centric, since you need the full colours to show the images.
However, for most other apps with a higher budget (due to the coding of the dark mode; trust us, it’s expensive and time-consuming), they’ll usually have a dark mode.
And for some reason, after soooooo many years, WhatsApp is joining the dark side, and we finally get to see how it looks like.
WhatsApp Beta Info Shows Dark Mode
Lest you’re not aware, WhatsApp Beta Info often gives us a peek on WhatsApp’s next feature before they’re fully released, as they are part of the beta testers.
They’re mentioned about dark mode before, but now, it’s finally revealed how it’ll look like.
Here you go:
Do note that this is only for Android.
Of course you’re going to say, “It’s just white words on black background, so what’s taking them so long?”
Technically speaking, yes it is, but it has to work on all screens so they’re still developing it.
The release date is unknown, but some beta testers are seeing it, so they’re likely just clearing some bugs before it’ll be officially released.
I don’t know about you, but this makes messaging at night just a tad bit more…friendly.
Welcome to the dark side, WhatsApp.
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