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Flipboard Rolls Out Dark Mode for Android Users


Flipboard for Android now has darkish mode. This comes after greater than a 12 months of introducing the identical function for iOS customers. The darkish mode setting respects your system-wide UI preferences, and can be enabled or disabled everytime you really feel like. The brand new darkish mode comes with the most recent Flipboard Android model 4.2.59. The replace might be rolling out progressively and all customers could not see it on Google Play retailer instantly. Darkish mode, as is the norm, presents a gray panorama that’s simple on the eyes as in comparison with the sunshine theme.

The changelog for the Flipboard Android app model 4.2.59 confirms that darkish mode has arrived. It reads, “Now with darkish mode: We all know you might have been asking for it, and now the wait is over. To activate darkish mode, go to Settings beneath your Profile, then faucet on Theme. Right here, you may select Gentle, Darkish, or Use System Setting, which can modify darkish mode based mostly in your telephone’s system settings”. Android Police was the primary to spot the replace.

Darkish Mode modifications the background to black, with tabs displaying gray font. If an exterior hyperlink is accessed by means of the app, that hyperlink will open in a browser in regular mode and will not have a darkish palette. Playing cards contained in the app will respect the darkish mode design. In case you have darkish mode as your system-wide choice, Flipboard will change to darkish mode routinely. To disable it, customers can go their profile > Settings > Theme, and select from three choices – Use system settings, Gentle, and Darkish. For those who want to disable the darkish theme, customers can go for the sunshine theme as a substitute.

In case your system-wide choice just isn’t set to darkish mode, then you may allow darkish theme for Flipboard in the identical Settings menu. To replace ‘Flipboard for Android’, head to Google Play store and examine for an replace. Customers can even go for an APK Mirror obtain in the event that they have not obtained an replace by means of Google Play and like to not wait.


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