{"id":444843,"date":"2026-05-25T20:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/444843\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:14:11","slug":"samsungs-latest-galaxy-update-changes-how-dark-mode-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/444843\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung&#8217;s latest Galaxy update changes how dark mode looks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Galaxy-S25-Ultra-hardware-and-design-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One UI 8.5 is rolling out after months in beta, but some have noticed in the past few days that dark mode looks different in apps on Samsung\u2019s latest Galaxy update.<\/p>\n<p>Dark mode has been a standard feature across mobile devices for years now, but everyone has a different take on it. Google originally focused on dark tones that weren\u2019t purely black, where Apple went all-in on black backgrounds. Samsung generally fell somewhere in the middle, with some apps being pure-black, and others with mostly gray tones.<\/p>\n<p>Following the One UI 8.5 update, some have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/oneui\/comments\/1tif7xt\/comment\/onse7yc\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web3x&amp;utm_name=web3xcss&amp;utm_term=1&amp;utm_content=share_button\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noticed <\/a>that these colors are changing a bit, especially in Google apps.<\/p>\n<p>Dark mode is described as \u201cinconsistent,\u201d with more gray backgrounds in this latest update.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>But this isn\u2019t happening for everyone. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/oneui\/comments\/1tif7xt\/inconsistent_dark_mode_throughout\/?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Examples<\/a> being shared around show a light, unpleasent gray color in dark mode in Google apps, but we\u2019re not seeing that on our Galaxy Z Fold 7 that just updated to One UI 8.5 from 8.0.<\/p>\n<p>The difference? Color palette.<\/p>\n<p>What appears to have happened here is that Samsung has changed how it implements color accents from Material You, referred to as the \u201ccolor palette\u201d on One UI. There\u2019s a new default tone that, for users who hadn\u2019t made their own changes, applies a slightly different look.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/oneui\/comments\/1tlfiz0\/a_fix_for_the_inconsistent_default_gray_dark\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Some have found<\/a> that switching that default back (through some more advanced methods) brings back a more consistent look to apps running on One UI 8.5.<\/p>\n<p>If you opt to use Material You theming throughout the UI, dark mode functions as expected with darker colors both in Samsung and Google apps. If you turn it off, this lighter shade appears in some apps. Understandably, not everyone wants to use Material You colors throughout the UI, but Samsung \u2013 like Google \u2013 does offer static, simply color choices.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"1024\" width=\"473\" data-id=\"715802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/inconsistent-dark-mode-throughout-v0-j14odhhl492h1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715802\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" height=\"1024\" width=\"473\" data-id=\"715803\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/inconsistent-dark-mode-throughout-v0-iu7e6col492h1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715803\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/oneui\/comments\/1tif7xt\/inconsistent_dark_mode_throughout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Images: u\/Flashy_Custard6980<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More on Samsung:<\/p>\n<p>Follow Ben:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NexusBen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Threads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/nexusben.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nexusben\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One UI 8.5 is rolling out after months in beta, but some have noticed in the past few&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-444843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}