{"id":338405,"date":"2017-04-14T18:29:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T10:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/14\/youtube-dark-mode-surfaces-in-chrome-mac\/"},"modified":"2017-04-14T18:29:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T10:29:28","slug":"youtube-dark-mode-surfaces-in-latest-desktop-chrome-browser-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/youtube-dark-mode-surfaces-in-latest-desktop-chrome-browser-update\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Dark Mode Surfaces in Latest Desktop Chrome Browser Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\" readability=\"44.929149797571\">Google appears to be testing a Dark Mode feature for YouTube in the latest version of its Chrome 57 desktop browser.<\/p>\n<p>The built-in mode was discovered on Thursday and shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/google\/comments\/652obk\/youtube_now_has_a_dark_mode_builtin\/\">Reddit<\/a> post, and while the setting doesn&#8217;t appear by default, a quick command in the developer console is all that&#8217;s required to enable it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-1-2-800x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-560588\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>YouTube Dark Mode in Chrome with black theme enabled<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow these steps to enable the YouTube dark mode in Chrome on Mac. Make sure you&#8217;re signed in to YouTube before performing the steps.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"c4\"\/>\n<li>Press the keyboard combination shortcut Option + Command + I to open the developer tools sidebar.<\/li>\n<li>Click the Console tab.<\/li>\n<li>Paste <strong>document.cookie=&#8221;VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=fPQ4jCL6EiE&#8221;<\/strong> into the console and press enter.<\/li>\n<li>Close the developer tools sidebar and refresh the YouTube page.<\/li>\n<li>Click your YouTube profile picture, select Dark Mode from the dropdown, and toggle the switch to enable the mode.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Google Chrome is available to download for free on the Chrome website. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/chrome\/browser\/desktop\/\">Direct Link<\/a>]\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google appears to be testing a Dark Mode feature for YouTube in the latest version of its Chrome 57 desktop browser. <\/p>\n<p>The built-in mode was discovered on Thursday and shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/google\/comments\/652obk\/youtube_now_has_a_dark_mode_builtin\/\">Reddit<\/a> post, and while the setting doesn&#8217;t appear by default, a quick command in the developer console is all that&#8217;s required to enable it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Screen-Shot-1-2-800x713.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"713\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-560588\" \/><center><em>YouTube Dark Mode in Chrome with black theme enabled<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFollow these steps to enable the YouTube dark mode in Chrome on Mac. Make sure you&#8217;re signed in to YouTube before performing the steps.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n <\/p>\n<li>Press the keyboard combination shortcut Option + Command + I to open the developer tools sidebar.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li>Click the Console tab.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li>Paste <strong>document.cookie=&#8221;VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE=fPQ4jCL6EiE&#8221;<\/strong> into the console and press enter.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li>Close the developer tools sidebar and refresh the YouTube page.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li>Click your YouTube profile picture, select Dark Mode from the dropdown, and toggle the switch to enable the mode.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Google Chrome is available to download for free on the Chrome website. 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