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YouTube Currently Testing New Dark Mode for Mobile iOS App

Tuesday January 16, 2018 1:11 AM PST by Tim Hardwick

YouTube appears to be in the testing phase of adding a new dark theme for its official iOS app, according to reports.

Reddit user Dean Cobb revealed on Monday night that a new dark mode was already live as an option in the Settings section of the app after updating to version 13.01.4.

Dark mode via Redditor amievengabereal

However, as of this morning, rollout of the feature still seems to be limited to a handful of users, suggesting a selective server-side activation on YouTube's end.

App Store release notes for YouTube version 13.0.1 make no mention of the dark mode addition either, but we'll update this article if the rollout gains pace anytime soon.

YouTube is a free download for iPhone and iPad. [Direct Link]

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Top Rated Comments

MrGimper

82 months ago

Can’t they just do PiP please....

Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Sefstah

82 months ago

It’s 2018, still no dark mode feature for iOS?!

Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)

haruhiko

82 months ago

And the subscription isn’t even available in all countries.

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

foobarbaz

82 months ago

I'd rather have a simple back button

Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)

slammer0

82 months ago

They have PiP enabled for Youtube Red

That's just not true.

People just want YouTube to work on an iOS the same way as it works on macOS. Including background playback and PiP. It is stupid that they still didn't add this. But this is how monopoly works...

Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)

HopefulHumanist

82 months ago

Not going to happen. They have PiP enabled for Youtube Red. Looks like this and offline viewing will be reserved for those who pay for the subscription :(

I have YT Red and it does NOT have PIP enabled; it’s one of my biggest complaints about YouTube on iOS.

Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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