You can test the new YouTube Dark Mode and new Material Design without changing browser settings. This allows you to use a night theme on YouTube that is friendlier to your eyes, while also trying a cleaner theme.
We’ll show you how to sign up for YouTube Dark Mode with an all-new YouTube theme and what you need to do to switch.
This is open to all users with a Google account. This is testing a new theme so you may see some quirks, but nothing is completely broken so far.
How to Use YouTube Dark Mode
The first thing you should do is sign in to your Google account or YouTube account if you haven’t already. Once this is done go to: youtube.com/new and then click Try Now.
This immerses you in the new YouTube design using Android-like Material Design and unlocks the new YouTube Dark Mode without messing with your browser settings.
How to use YouTube Dark Mode?
Clicking this will load a new YouTube page showing you the new YouTube theme and then simply turn on YouTube Dark Mode.
- click where it says
Now you can enjoy YouTube Dark Mode on your computer. You can turn off YouTube Dark Mode by going back to the same setting and turning it off. There is currently no option to schedule or use any computer light sensors to automatically trigger YouTube Dark Mode.
You can also use it in conjunction with Night Shift on Mac and Night Light on Windows to prevent super bright light from disrupting your nighttime sleep schedule.