LinkedIn Is Finally About to Get a Dark Mode

The Professional Networking Platform has finally decided to hop on the wagon by providing users with a Dark Mode for its desktop app. This will allow the user interface to be a bit easier on the eyes as seen in this new example.

Most companies already started offering this “Dark Mode” display option since it was highly in demand. And while LinkedIn is most certainly late to the party this is not at all that much of an issue if you think about it. Though the vast majority of its users would simply be glad that they are now getting the chance to take advantage of this type of feature whilst trying to create a professional network for themselves.

While LinkedIn is yet to roll out this feature, Reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong was able to discover that it will be toggled on and off in the settings page. The look and feel of dark mode is pretty standard, with gray cards being placed on a black background and white text being shown throughout. It seems that LinkedIn is following the trend pretty much down to the letter without really attempting to innovate in any way, shape or form. This makes sense since you really wouldn’t want to try to fix something or the other that isn’t even broken in the first place. 

However, there’s one thing to note, and that is the dark mode will be available only on desktop when it gets released. Well, the announcement will likely come as a surprise to some since LinkedIn had announced in 2019 that they were switching to dark mode for the mobile version of the app. It would seem like that plan ended up failing, and that LinkedIn decided to stick with a desktop “Dark Mode” option for now. This would seem like a reasonable compromise to a large section of its user base all in all.

LinkedIn has confirmed that the Dark mode feature will roll out in a couple of months with all members globally able to access dark mode by Fall.