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Google Duo joins the dark side with new dark mode
August 02, 2025
Dark modehas become all the rage recently, and Google is leading the trend. Now, the Mount View company’s video chat app,Duo, will also get the honor of joining the dark mode club in its latest update.
Android Policenoticed the update began rolling out a couple of days ago. Unfortunately, the new black and gray paint job will come to the app in a server-side update, so even sideloading the latest APK won’t do the trick.
Duo’s dark mode uses the same gray color as several of Google’s other apps, and it applies to the entire app interface. Text becomes light gray or white, and the bold blue becomes pastel.
Like much of Google’s application suite, Duo follows the system dark mode settings inAndroid 10by default. Android 9 users can take advantage of the automatic theme switching as well by enabling the functionality in theDeveloper Options. you may also change the theme manually within the app settings regardless of Android version if you prefer.
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The update should be rolling out soon, but we don’t know exactly when. Make sure Duo is up to date, and keep checking back into the app to use the functionality as soon as it is available.
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