Dark mode makes Facebook Messenger a bit easier on the eyes, however you’ll need to get your emoji video game on to open it.
To include the dark mode, toggle to the menu on iOS and Android and after that send out the crescent moon emoji to somebody. That’ll lead to an animation with a lot of moons dropping the screen.
There are a number of moon emoji. This Easter egg is connected particularly to the crescent moon.
After this, dark mode will be opened in the settings menu. If it’s not working for you, ensure you have actually got the most recent Messenger upgrade from the App Store or Google Play shop.
Facebook teased dark mode in October and checked it in a couple of areas in January, now it’s commonly readily available.
The business exposed why it concealed dark mode behind an Easter egg. It’s created as a “fun opt-in way to slowly ramp up” that lets Facebook Messenger’s engineering groups make tweaks prior to the function is widely readily available, a representative stated Monday in an e-mail.
“Plus it’s just delightful to stumble upon a cool new feature like this while casually texting friends. We wanted people to be surprised and delighted.”
First released March 4 at 3: 26 a.m. PT.
Update, 7: 24 a.m.: Adds Facebook remark.