iOS 18 beta 3 brings dark mode to all icons — kind of

Apple has released iOS 18 beta 3 with a change that forces dark mode icons onto every app that has a simple color palette, for better or worse.

If you’ve been running the iOS 18 beta, you may have noticed that only Apple’s first-party icons got a dark mode treatment when using the new customization feature. In iOS 18 beta 3, that changes with a seemingly algorithmic attempt to apply dark mode to every icon — as long as it is simple enough.

Fans of dark mode have spent years customizing their iPhone Home Screen with custom launchers and alternate app icons to achieve a more uniform look. The introduction of a toggle to switch to dark mode icons in iOS 18 makes this process much easier, but it wasn’t clear what third-party apps would need to do to participate.

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