What you need to know

  • The dark theme for the Google app and Google Assistant has started rolling out.
  • Google is enabling the dark theme for select users via a server-side update currently, so it will take some time for it to become widely available.
  • Google Podcasts hasn't been updated with the dark theme yet.

The long-awaited dark mode for Gmail and the Play Store finally began rolling out earlier this week. A dark theme option is now being rolled out for the Google App and Google Assistant as well. While Google had rolled out a dark theme for the Google app for a small number of users in June this year, this is the first time that the Google Assistant is getting a dark theme.

As reported by a few Reddit users (via XDA Developers), Google is currently enabling dark theme for the Google App and Google Assistant via a server-side update. For now, it appears the update is only rolling out to a small number of users in the U.S., UK, and Australia.

Similar to the dark theme option for Gmail and the Play Store, Google will likely begin a worldwide rollout of the Google app and Google Assistant dark mode sometime in the coming weeks. Interestingly, the Google App and Google Assistant dark theme option is showing up for a few users running Android Pie as well. They are able to choose between light and dark themes and can also allow the Battery Saver feature to change the theme automatically.

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Surprisingly, however, the Google Podcasts service within the Google app still has the material white theme instead of the new dark theme available elsewhere in the app.

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