When the Google Contacts app got the dark theme earlier this month, all we wanted was for Google to roll out the same to their Phone app as well. It seems like the company has heard our request as the ‘dark mode’ is now available to beta users of the Google Phone app.
Note: We tried out the new dark mode on Google Phone v26 (beta) on our Nokia 7 Plus, running Android 9 Pie.
- Now, tap on ‘Display options’ and toggle the newly added ‘Dark Theme’ option to apply the new theme.
Though I usually enjoy the dark and pastel shades used by Google in all of its other apps, Google Phone hasn’t been able to emulate the same charm for me. It doesn’t just change the background of the app to a darker shade, but also the letters for contact names over the pastels (on the favorites page) and I’m not really digging it.
The Material theme combined with the new dark mode looks great in the ongoing call screen. I’m no longer blinded by the completely white background in the caller screen, after switching over from Dark Mode in Contacts.
