Google Calendar finally gets an official dark mode on the web –here's how to find it

• The web type of Google Calendar has been fixed an charismatic acheronian mode
• The characteristic is rolling retired globally this week to each Calendar users
• Google has besides fixed Calendar a "refreshed personification interface"

If you've been patiently waiting years for Google Calendar to present an charismatic acheronian mode, coming is your time – nan web type of nan app has yet been fixed a darker optional colour scheme, on pinch a mild redesign.

The news came successful a Google Workspace blog station where Google said that it's introducing nan expertise to move betwixt ray mode, acheronian mode, and default themes. As previous reports person noted, acheronian modes tin springiness you a mini artillery life saving, peculiarly if you're utilizing a instrumentality pinch an OLED screen.

The update is rolling retired now, though it's besides go disposable to a fewer members of nan TechRadar squad truthful far. To spot if you person it, caput to nan settings cog astatine nan apical correct of nan page, past successful nan caller drop-down paper click 'Appearance' (see above).

You'll past spot nan paper beneath – take 'Dark' and you'll beryllium treated to nan eye-pleasing show of nan caller acheronian mode. That's not everything that's changed either – nan typography and controls person been tweaked successful statement pinch Google's 'Material Design 3' guidelines, which Google says makes it "more modern and accessible."

The almanac surely looks cleaner to us, but nan acheronian mode is nan main betterment that we're peculiarly happy to see.

Warning: whitethorn origin hold headaches

In somewhat little bully news, Google says these changes whitethorn break immoderate of your Chrome extensions if they "are progressive erstwhile utilizing Google Calendar."

Google didn't elaborate connected what extensions mightiness beryllium affected but said immoderate "might not activity arsenic expected" and that you should interaction nan extension's developers pinch immoderate issues. We'd ideate ones for illustration G-Calize (for color-coding calendars) and Timely mightiness beryllium nan benignant of extensions that could beryllium affected.

Other affected extensions could see immoderate taxable customizers that became disposable successful nan Chrome Web Store erstwhile it looked for illustration Google was reluctant to make an charismatic one.

Fortunately, that acheronian mode is now present – which is bully news for some our eyes and laptop artillery lives successful general.

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