The Apple Watch Still Doesn’t Have Dark Mode, But Here’s How To Set Up The Next Best Thing – SlashGear

The goal is to set your Apple Watch to emulate dark mode by switching from one to the other at appropriate times of the day. For this, the Shortcuts app will be needed.

1. If you don’t already have the Shortcuts app installed, download it from the App Store.

2. From the Automation tab on the Shortcuts home screen on your iPhone, select Create Personal Automation.

3. Select the very first option, Time Of Day.

4. Input the time you’d like your Apple Watch to activate your “dark mode” face. For instance, if you use your Watch late in the evening, maybe set it to start at 9 p.m.

5. In the Repeat box, select Daily.

6. In the Actions box, select Add Action.

7. Select the Watch app from the list, then Set Watch Face.

8. Select the name of the “dark mode” watch face you chose in “set active watch face to …”

9. Confirm your choice, and your Apple Watch will automatically transition to night mode every night at the selected time.

As Byte Review on YouTube notes, the Ask Before Running slider should be deactivated using the toggle, or it’ll ruin the seamless transition from daytime to nighttime mode.

It’s then a simple case of repeating steps one through nine for your light, “daytime” Watch face. With step four, in this case, setting a time that coincides with your morning alarm (if you have one) would be a great choice.