Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Android 8.1 feature spotlight: Automatic light and dark themes no longer exclusive to Pixel 2

The ability to change the appearance of the Android system has always been missing from stock Android, with the exception of the Overlay Manager Service, which is only configurable through the use of third-party tools like Substratum. This somewhat changed with the Pixel 2, where the quick settings dropdown and launcher would switch between light and dark themes based on the user's wallpaper.

  

Left: Dark theme; Right: Light theme

Now this functionality has been extended to the 2016 Pixels, and possibly the Nexus 6P/5X as well (I'm unable to confirm, but it seems likely).

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Android 8.1 feature spotlight: Automatic light and dark themes no longer exclusive to Pixel 2 was written by the awesome team at Android Police.



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