Your eyes will thank you \u2014 and Google.<\/p>\n While Google’s Gboard<\/a> will likely never be as colorful and customizable as something like the Chrooma Keyboard<\/a> app, the company is now rolling out a new theming option that many of you will no doubt appreciate.<\/p>\n The new Gboard beta (version 9.7) now includes a ‘System Auto’ theme that automatically detects and mimics your system-wide dark mode settings (via 9to5Google<\/em><\/a>). This switches the keyboard’s background color to white when you’re in light mode and a dark grey when you’re in dark mode.<\/p>\n For that convenience, however, you do lose out on some customizability, as you cannot, say, choose to have a neon green background when in light mode, something custom skins do offer. You do get the option to enable\/disable key borders so…that’s something, I guess?<\/p>\n In that vein, it really is a shame that Google’s joining the party with Gboard this late in the game, given that many third-party apps have offered contextual dark mode for ages; better late than never, I guess?<\/p>\n If you don’t see the option on your end yet, make sure to sign up for the Gboard beta in the Play Store<\/a>. Google also seems to be engaging in a partial rollout at the moment, so you may not see it even then.<\/p>\n Gboard vs. Microsoft SwiftKey: Which Android keyboard should you use?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Your eyes will thank you — and Google.<\/p>\n What you need to know<\/p>\n Gboard users are set to get a new theming option. While Google’s Gboard will likely never be as colorful and customizable as something like the Chrooma Keyboard app, the company is now rolling out a new theming option that many of you will no doubt appreciate.<\/p>\n The new Gboard beta (version 9.7) now includes a ‘System Auto’ theme that automatically detects and mimics your system-wide dark mode settings (via 9to5Google). This switches the keyboard’s background color to white when you’re in light mode and a dark grey when you’re in dark mode.<\/p>\n For that convenience, however, you do lose out on some customizability, as you cannot, say, choose to have a neon green background when in light mode, something custom skins do offer. You do get the option to enable\/di…<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Google rolls out automatic dark\/light mode switching to Gboard beta users - ITTeacherITFreelance.hk","description":"Your eyes will thank you — and Google. What you need to know Gboard users are set to get a new theming option. Google is currently rolling out a new 'Syst"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2978],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59028"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59029,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59028\/revisions\/59029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/sites\/androidcentral.com\/files\/styles\/large_wm_brw\/public\/article_images\/2019\/01\/swiftkey-gboard-hero-blue-surface-keyboards.jpg\")
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\nGoogle is currently rolling out a new ‘System Auto’ theme that will mirror your phone’s system-wide dark mode settings.
\nIt’s currently only available to beta users.<\/p>\n