Google is testing a dark mode for its desktop search site that responds to a user’s system display settings, a move that could have gained traction to alleviate eye fatigue issues for people who work longer than the home.
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The test seems to have a limited release at the moment, but as the images show, the very dark gray theme extends not only to the Google homepage, but also to the search results.
It is not known when the dark mode for desktop search could be officially launched globally. “We’re always testing new ways to improve our user experience, but we don’t have anything to announce right now,” Google said. The Verge.
It’s not the first time we’ve seen dark mode appear on Google’s desktop search. The feature appeared for some users in December, but then quietly disappeared into the ether of the internet.
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Apple introduced the dark mode back in 2018 with macOS Mojave and iOS 13, and support for the system-level option is now a core feature of most native and third-party applications, both on mobile and desktop.
But as we learned from Google’s protracted startup efforts to bring the dark mode to Gmail, it doesn’t say when or even if this change will eventually be see the light of day.
However, there are alternative methods available to get rid of the plain white background in your Google searches. One of the ones we like is the Dark Reader browser extension, available for Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge.