Check Out Dark Mode in iOS 13

[otternonsense]

I'll give it to Federighi, he really did try to convince the audience like a used car salesman how dark iOS 13 is astonishingly beautiful regardless if it's EXACTLY the same bland screen-estate-abusing old UI and native apps, just in black.

Also, no photography wallpapers? Zero?

 

[Shirasaki]

Your eyes are much more relaxed while looking on a dark screen

I find the opposite, and readability may suffer dearly. Maybe your experience is better, but the better way to protect your eyes is still not looking at your phone at all before sleeping.

 

[one more]

“Maps already had a nighttime Dark Mode, but now it's activated all the time when Dark Mode is turned on.”

Good luck with it driving in a bright sunlight with your shades on! Makes perfect sense in the dark, but is absolutely useless in the daylight.

The “Automatic” mode for it is neat, though!

 

[jkruehne]

dark mode - and the notch is gone
– I don't like white/bright fonts on dark BG, hope it can be adjusted (e.g. middle grey on dark…)

 

[The Game 161]

Looks great, just wait for developers to add it to apps too. I know a few already had it.

 

[BillabongJoe]

Two questions for people who have installed the beta.
1. Can you choose alternate backgrounds or is it ust apple built in ones which switch.
2. Do apps that were dark before (eg. clock, stocks, watch etc.) now have a light mode?

 

[TrulsZK]

So what does private browsing look like in dark mode?

I have not yet tested but assume the address bar is black in private mode, and grey in normal mode.
Just like macOS Mojave is today

 

[Dino F]

Yeah... They need to make dark mode icons.

...totally THIS ^^^

What's the point of having this beautiful 'Dark Mode' if we still have to look at the same old boring brightly coloured icons?! Looks ridiculous.....

 

[rumormiller]

Does it work like in Mojave where dark mode adjusts to the colour of your wallpaper?

 

[fluffyrabies]

So what does private browsing look like in dark mode?

Wondering the same.

 

[Royksöpp]

I hate white text on black. It makes me dizzy and it's all I see for a few minutes when I look away.

 

[white4s]

Looking forward. Haven't had dark mode since the jailbreaked 5s

 

[Heineken]

Looks really nice. I wonder how much juice you can save with it if any.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Seriously? In order to have battery savings, we have to wreck our wallpapers too? WTF APPLE.

 

[Porco]

I hate white text on black. It makes me dizzy and it's all I see for a few minutes when I look away.

I don’t get dizzy from it, but I get a similar effect, especially where if I read block white text on (actual) black then look away I see the image (usually just feels like lines) across my vision. Black text on white is fine.

It doesn’t seem to happen to me on darkish, grey UIs, so Logic Pro X is ok for example (luckily for me because I use it all the time and I was worried when I saw the change from the light-themed Logic Pro 9!). I’d still like a lighter theme for Logic though. I appreciate the apps that think about having both.

If iOS or MacOS ever went fully dark-only it would potentially limit my use of them hugely. But so long as it’s a ‘mode’ and a choice it’s ok.

 

[toptekjon]

I can't be the only person who finds dark mode more intensive on my eyes, particularly in comparison to when true tone is enabled and blue light is minimised.

That is why it’s totally optional. Nothing will change for you, unless you want it to. I personally love dark mode, and it’s the first setting I look for in any OS or App that I use. My eyes are very sensitive to light, so this has been by far my biggest wish list item for iOS for many years now.

Also, very happy to see Macrumors getting on board! Dark mode here will be great!
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“Maps already had a nighttime Dark Mode, but now it's activated all the time when Dark Mode is turned on.”

Good luck with it driving in a bright sunlight with your shades on! Makes perfect sense in the dark, but is absolutely useless in the daylight.

The “Automatic” mode for it is neat, though!

I use dark mode for Maps in CarPlay at all times and it works perfectly. Extremely easy to see, and not at all distracting. One thing I think some people may not be remembering though, is that dark mode is an OPTION. If you don’t like it, don’t turn it on. It’s essentially “opt in”, so you’ll never even see it unless you choose to. How is having options for people a bad thing?

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Turning on Dark Mode changes the look of the entire operating system, darkening everything from the wallpaper and the Home screen to individual apps.

Speaking of wallpaper, iOS 13 has several new wallpapers available, which turn colors from light to dark based on which mode you have activated.

Article Link: Check Out Dark Mode in iOS 13

So I have questions.

Based on the first quote here, it sounds as if Apple is even darkening your wallpaper, regardless of whether it's Apple-supplied or your own.

From the second quote, and in particular the first screen shot, it looks as if Apple has an icon indicating there are "dual mode" wallpapers? Does this mean that if you don't use one like this, Apple won't ruin your wallpaper of choice?

 

[toptekjon]

Look I’m just happy the damn Music player isn’t a blinding WHITE. Now it’s black and red. Good lord it took them ages to do this.

Huge part of why I switched to Spotify. Apple Music was killing my eyes when listening to music at night. Now that I’ve switched, I’ve also realized Spotify is just better all around. Better apps on all platforms, far better device support, and much easier to share with family without giving the kids my damn credit card like in apple family sharing!
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Just ignore it. Most of the time you won’t even notice.

I have to disagree. I can read books in black/dark mode on an OLED screen iPhone for hours and the batter doesn’t budge. Doing the same with sepia or white and the battery goes down like it would normally.

Black anything on OLED is a massive battery saver, and that has definitely been proven repeatedly. Just google it for some proof.

 

[jagolden]

I find the opposite, and readability may suffer dearly. Maybe your experience is better, but the better way to protect your eyes is still not looking at your phone at all before sleeping.

What you say is true. It is an acknowledged fact by the optometry world that light text on dark backgrounds are more strain on the eyes. This has been known for decades.

Dark mode looks really cool, and that’s what drives the whole thing, the cool factor.
That said, I’m looking forward to at least trying it out. It’s somewhat of an interface refresh which will be nice for a change.

 

[poe diddley]

yass super excited about this. about time.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Huge part of why I switched to Spotify. Apple Music was killing my eyes when listening to music at night. Now that I’ve switched, I’ve also realized Spotify is just better all around. Better apps on all platforms, far better device support, and much easier to share with family without giving the kids my damn credit card like in apple family sharing!

I prefer artists get paid for their work so... #applemusic

 

[toptekjon]

So does Dark Mode integrate with 3rd party apps at all? For example, if I enable dark mode on iOS 13, will it trigger supported apps that also have a dark mode? Or will all 3rd party apps have separate settings that need to be enabled?

Yes. They announced that there is an API for darkmode. If it’s like MacOS, apps “just work” once they’re updated to support system wide darkmode.

 

[H3LL5P4WN]

Yes. They announced that there is an API for darkmode. If it’s like MacOS, apps “just work” once they’re updated to support system wide darkmode.

Which also implies that they 'don't work' until they update.

 

[Tech198]

I always thought 13 was an unlucky number,........ We'll see if this sticks .

Every thing Apple implements i never expect to work right first time. But visuals seem to be an basic exception.

 

[Shirasaki]

I have to disagree. I can read books in black/dark mode on an OLED screen iPhone for hours and the batter doesn’t budge. Doing the same with sepia or white and the battery goes down like it would normally.

Black anything on OLED is a massive battery saver, and that has definitely been proven repeatedly. Just google it for some proof.

I have found a few, and they claim huge battery savings like you said. The catch is, the largest amount of battery saving happens in max brightness, which makes dark mode look like a huge battery saver. For my use case though, the battery saving is more or less negligible, and I often find it tough to read texts with dark background when the text color is not white. Here are two examples:

Granted iOS 13 won’t use those font colours systemwide, but this highlights the issue of readability when using dark mode. For me, readability worth more than just some battery savings. Battery can be replaced while my eyes can’t.