Google recently admitted its lapse in encouraging developers to use white color in their apps until date but is now correcting this error by itself taking the first step and adding “dark theme” to all of its apps – one at a time.
The process to enable the ‘dark theme’ in Google Contacts is pretty simple as you don’t need to jump into or scour through any settings.
If you do not see the dark theme option right after installing the app, just hop into the Settings and ‘Force Close’ the app and re-open it. This should do the trick and the dark theme will become available for you.
This dark theme, as seen below, is similar to what we have already seen in previous app updates from Google. It’s not the pure black theme, which is more AMOLED friendly, but slightly on the gray side that goes great with the pastel color of the contact icons. This is how the light and dark themes compare:
