Google Maps dark theme starts rolling out for some Android users

Google is finally rolling out the dark theme on Maps. Some users are reporting online that the app-wide dark mode is coming to their Google Maps that are on version 10.51.1 running on Android 11.

The appearance setting in the app will let you force the dark theme indefinitely or match the Android phone’s universal system theme setting.

As reported by FirstPost, Google Maps already had a dark mode dedicated to navigation but the latest roll out is aimed at the entire user interface.

The earlier dark mode got activated only when the sun went down or if the user was navigating through a tunnel. One could, however, never see it while browsing maps or menus in the app.