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.
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.
