So, if you switch it to a light theme, the app will follow, the same goes for the dark theme. If you’d like Google Maps to always be dark, simply choose the “Always in dark theme” option.

While some users claim they received the dark theme after installing Google Maps version 10.56.1 on their Android devices, there’s a good chance this isn’t the case, as Google typically ...

Original 2/23: Google Maps for Android’s dark theme sees the pill-shaped lookup field, carousel of search suggestions, and bottom bar, as well as other buttons, switch to light gray.

It looks like Google has started rolling out the dark theme in the past 24 hours. That means the process to get dark theme into the hands of all Google Maps uses is already well underway.

Google Maps! "Dark theme is now available on @googlemaps." The news means virtually all of Google's big name apps have a dark mode, with only a few exceptions such as Google Duo and Shopping.

You can see it below, where they now have an “Appearance” option in settings that lets them force light or dark themes, or they can let Google Maps listen to whatever the system theme is set at.

Users need to download the latest version of Android OS, that is, version 10.61.2, to access this feature. The Google Maps in dark model features a super-dark shade of grey for the map background.

Google notes that the main look can be set independent of the navigation mode. Enabling the Google Maps dark theme starts with the search field and bottom bar taking a gray hue that is standard ...

Google Maps is one of those apps that seems to get a small tweak or change every week, and this week, it’s been discovered that users can force dark mode to be the app’s default theme. Initially ...

The thing is, they showed off Google Maps flipping to a dark theme, which is cool, except Google Maps doesn’t actually have a dark theme yet. So yeah, that’s a whoops.

Google Maps’ dark theme is rolling out now. This update affects the look of the app’s map layers and menus. Some parts of the night mode are pitch black, like masses of water, for example, but for the ...