{"id":181419,"date":"2025-09-25T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181419\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:21:10","slug":"im-paying-american-express-900-year-for-its-android-apps-dark-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/181419\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m paying American Express $900\/year for its Android app’s dark mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/p>\n

Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

TL;DR<\/p>\n

American Express\u2019s mobile app was recently updated with a new \u201cPremium\u201d dark mode theme.
\nThe new theme is only accessible if you have Amex\u2019s Platinum card, which just had its annual fee increased to $895\/year.
\nWhere did everything go wrong. Why am I paying for this. How did I get here.<\/p>\n

American Express recently overhauled its high-end Platinum credit card, and in the process, it increased the already hefty annual fee from $695 up to an eye-watering $895. American Express justified the higher price with new perks, such as a $400 Resy credit and a $200 Oura Ring credit, but there\u2019s another new feature that topples all of them.<\/p>\n

If and only if you have the new $895\/year Amex Platinum card \u2014 like yours truly does \u2014 you\u2019ll now unlock something completely unheard of: a dark mode for Amex\u2019s mobile app.<\/p>\n

The American Express app has long offered a dark mode that changes the app\u2019s white background to a dark blue. However, for lucky cardholders of the new Amex Platinum, you now have access to the Premium dark mode, which ditches the dark blue colors for a pitch-black background.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n

This was initially spotted and shared on Threads<\/a>, and at first, I thought that it surely had to be a joke. But upon opening the American Express app on my Pixel, I quickly learned that it was not. There on the Home page was a big banner with a celebratory emoji promoting the \u201cnew Premium theme.\u201d<\/p>\n

And, man \u2014 what a theme it is. How did I go so long with the pittiful \u201cStandard\u201d dark mode? Dark blue? No, thank you. My dark mode needs to be pitch black like the Dark Knight himself, and if the price of admission for that is almost $900 per year, so be it. That\u2019s money well spent if you ask me.<\/p>\n

\"AStandard Theme\"APremium Theme\"AStandard Theme\"APremium Theme<\/p>\n

On a slightly more serious note, while this is a good-looking dark mode (and the option to have two styles is neat), it is truly absurd that this new dark mode is only available to people who have the Platinum card. American Express has to do what it has to do to stop customers from canceling after their annual fee just got jacked up, and it\u2019s kind of incredible someone thought a slightly different dark theme would help with that.<\/p>\n

As one of those people planning to cancel his Platinum card, this may come as a shock that this new dark mode isn\u2019t enough to keep me a paying customer. It\u2019ll be a struggle to live like a peasant and go back to the lowly Standard dark mode, but \u2014 one way or another \u2014 I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll get through it.<\/p>\n

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