Ahead of iOS 10’s announcement, it was rumored that a dark mode could be one of its features. Unfortunately the announcement for iOS 10 came and went without any mention of it, which has us wondering if maybe it was just wishful thinking on our end. Turns out that maybe we could be getting our wish after all.
According to a screenshot posted by developer Andrew Wiik, it shows that there is some kind of dark mode in the iOS 10 beta that is currently available to those part of the preview program. The screenshot above shows apps like Messages having a dark theme to it. Wiik’s claims were later corroborated by another user who shared a similar dark mode theme for other apps like Clock, Safari, and iTunes.
Now given that iOS 10 is currently in beta, there are probably a ton of features that Apple is still working on and refining that they have yet to publicly announce. It is obvious that they saved some of the bigger and more impressive features for WWDC, like improvements made to Messages, Apple Maps, Apple Music, and more.
It is unclear if this dark mode will make the final cut come this fall when iOS 10 is due for a release. At the moment we can’t say we’re too impressed as it doesn’t look particularly refined, but like we said, this is the first beta and we expect that over time there will be changes ahead of its final release.