Dark mode will finally darken iPhone apps in iOS 13
Dark mode is coming to the iPhone.
At the WWDC developers conference in San Jose Monday, Apple software engineering senior vice president Craig Federighi showed off the black background setting. "iOS now lives in the dark," he said.
When iOS 13 rolls out to phones in the fall dark mode can switch on for many built-in Apple apps like notes, calendar, maps, and photos. Messaging and the sharing screen will also darken, along with widgets.
Apple Music in dark mode might actually entice users from the already-dark competitor music streaming app Spotify.
Other apps like Twitter and Slack already offer a dark mode version for mobile apps.
A report earlier this year hinted at a system-wide dark mode, and now it's official.
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As Federighi said, "Let’s begin our descent into darkness."
Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat.
