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Introducing Dark Mode in Microsoft Office for Android

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May 20, 2021

You asked, we listened! Dark Mode is now rolling out in the Office app for Android phones. It’s been a highly requested feature by many of our customers, and we’re proud to begin releasing it today. Many people prefer using Dark Mode as they find it provides a more comfortable visual experience for reading and working on mobile devices.  

 

The Office app helps you get work done on a mobile device by combining Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single app and adding many rich capabilities for creating and working with PDFs, images, scanning, capturing notes, and much more. Now you can do all this using a theme of your choice — based on the time of day, your surroundings, or your device settings. Dark Mode ensures that you can adjust the Office app to low-light environments, while providing you with better viewing options and keeping battery consumption low.  

 

 

How to enable Dark Mode 

 

The newest version of the Office app for Android will automatically adjust to Dark Mode if your device is already set to that preference. You can also turn Dark Mode on or off by tapping your profile icon on the Home tab in the Office app, selecting Settings, and then selecting Light, Dark, or System Default from the Theme options.  

 

Download the Microsoft Office Mobile App today and always keep it up-to-date to ensure you have the latest features and improvements. The feature will be rolling out to users worldwide over the next few weeks, so if you do not see it in your app yet, you can expect to receive an update in the near future that will have it.  

 

Please share your feedback with us about Dark Mode right from the app by tapping your profile icon on the Home tab, and then select, “Send Feedback.” For more information about Dark Mode investments across Microsoft apps, check out this “Designing Dark Mode” article on Medium.  

 

Continue the conversation by joining us in the Microsoft 365 Tech Community! Whether you have product questions or just want to stay informed with the latest updates on new releases, tools, and blogs, Microsoft 365 Tech Community is your go-to resource to stay connected! 

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  • holgerkr's avatar
    holgerkr
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    Aug 15, 2023

    After two years of the dark mode introduction to Android phones there is still no dark mode available on Android tablets. 

    And according to the https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/roadmap?rtc=1&filters=Office%20app%2CAndroid, nothing is planned accordingly. This is really annoying.

  • MyDigitalTek's avatar
    MyDigitalTek
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    Apr 30, 2022

    Yup, no Dark Mode for Samsung Galaxy Tab SM-T377T. Found a cool trick by turning on Dark Mode option in Chrome. Go to URL address: "about://flags" and search for keyword "dark." Adds an option to turn on Dark Mode in the menu. I use this work around to edit my .docx files in the browser. Not convenient at times that I don't have internet access, but a workable option - especially in battery saver mode.

  • JF_Ruiz's avatar
    JF_Ruiz
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 21, 2022

    Supposedly I'm in insider's program. But not dark mode to Galaxy Tab 3 yet. It is being difficult.,.

  • LilJojo's avatar
    LilJojo
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    Feb 24, 2022

    It makes the app UI black, but the paper is still white, what's the point? I've started having to use google docs because it has an actual dark mode. 

  • MKANET's avatar
    MKANET
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    Feb 17, 2022

    It doesn't look like there's dark mode on ANY of the popular Samsung tablets. No dark mode with the latest Google Play update for Samsung S6. I thought that Microsoft works closely with Samsung now.  What's going on? 

  • michaeljury's avatar
    michaeljury
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    Jan 31, 2022

    Exact same as KikiHuber samsung galaxy tab s7 still no dark mode on latest version. Pixel 3xl has dark mode on exact same build number so frustrating

  • KikiHuber's avatar
    KikiHuber
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    Jan 27, 2022

    January 27, 2022 there is still no dark mode option on my Samsung S7 Plus tablet. This is not a nicety for me. I must have dark mode in order to see the screen, as my vision is severely impaired by bright light. 

  • AnotherUsername's avatar
    AnotherUsername
    Brass Contributor
    Sep 28, 2021

    On Andoid 11 it seems to be ignoring the override setting in settings. For me Dark Mode (my system default) is completely broken - it basically just puts a very heavy filter over the text part of the screen, keeping the actual text darker (hard black). This is absolutely useless, and it seems impossible to turn off - putting it to "light" theme has no effect. Thanks for the effort and thought anyway but now Word on Android is totally useless and I'll have to use something else...

  • rajtan's avatar
    rajtan
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    Jul 07, 2021

    Dark mode is also arrived on IOS which looks good on iphones. Dark mode feature on desktop has many features which feels quite comfort while working on office 365 version.

  • IndianJatt's avatar
    IndianJatt
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    Jun 15, 2021

    15th of June has already come but not came your dark mode update to my Samsung Galaxy S20FE. Do you really need so long time to reach the update to your customers?