Samsung has started rolling out the One UI 8.5 update after months of beta testing, but some users have noticed that dark mode looks different in apps on the latest Galaxy devices. The change does not occur for everyone, which additionally opened the question of what exactly is being changed in the Samsung software.
Dark mode has been a standard feature on phones for years, but manufacturers don’t display it in the same way. Google previously used more dark shades that are not completely black, Apple relied more strongly on black backgrounds, while Samsung was mostly somewhere in between. Some apps had a completely black background, while others used dark gray tones.
One UI 8.5 menja dark mode kroz Color Palette
After the One UI 8.5 upgrade, some users notice that the colors in dark mode change, especially in Google applications. The new display is described as inconsistent, with more gray backgrounds than before. The shared examples show a lighter, rather unpleasant shade of gray in the dark mode mode, but the same change does not appear in all devices.
The difference seems to be related to the Color Palette option. Samsung has apparently changed the way it applies Material You highlight colors in the One UI environment. For users who have not manually adjusted the appearance of the interface, the new standard shade can change the appearance of certain applications and make the “dark mode” brighter than expected.
Some users have concluded that restoring the old base color, through more advanced adjustment methods, restores a more uniform appearance of applications on the One UI 8.5 system. In other words, it’s not necessarily a classic dark mode bug, but a change in the way Samsung treats system colors.
If the Material You theme is turned on throughout the interface, dark mode behaves as expected and retains darker shades in Samsung and Google apps. If this option is turned off, a lighter shade of gray may appear in some applications. It won’t suit everyone, as some users don’t want Material You colors throughout the system, but Samsung, like Google, still offers static color choices for the interface’s appearance, reports 9to5Google.