With the introduction of Android 10, a system-wide Dark theme was finally released, and a slew of apps got the long-awaited paint job. Not only does Dark mode help prevent eye strain for people by inverting the colors, it also helps improve the battery life of smartphones (especially those with OLED displays).

Google and other smartphone manufacturers may have come up with their own dark mode for their branded devices, but some apps are still missing the functionality. One of the popular apps that is rumored to get it is WhatsApp, as the feature has been in the works for a while now. While WhatsApp has yet to announce the feature, we have found a workaround that lets you enable dark mode on the popular messaging app.

WhatsApp doesn’t seem to have made it official yet, but it seems that it is preparing for the global rollout of dark mode on its messaging app. This is evident from the fact that WhatsApp now has a series of codes, parts of which read “dark mode”. This has led to some users enabling dark mode on their WhatsApp application via a workaround.

WhatsApp Dark Mode should now work for you. If not, try repeating the steps mentioned above again. If you are not a root user, you cannot use Dark Mode on WhatsApp yet. In that case, it is best to wait for the feature to be rolled out to you via an app update soon.