Facebook Is Testing New Twitter-Like Interface And Dark Mode Feature For Desktop Users

Facebook, the world’s biggest social media platform, is about to get major redesign and Dark Mode makeover this week. The internet powerhouse has started rolling out new website design and Dark Mode feature for its desktop users.

The Menlo Park-based company first announced to redesign its website earlier this year. During that big announcement, the company showed off some fresh new designs for its hugely-popular social network. These include a number of sizeable changes in the website. The design makeover came first on Facebook mobile apps, followed by the release on the FB Messenger apps.

Today, Facebook is testing out the beta version of the mainstream desktop app. However, this latest test version is an invite-only opt-in affair. So, users will have to wait to be invited by the tech giant before gaining access to the new Twitter-like user interface and the new Dark Mode feature.

In launching the beta test version of the new design, the company has sent invites to a number of selected Facebook users to test-out the flashy new website design. Those Facebook users who decided to accept the beta test invitation would be provided with two options to choose between a dark or light mode when using Facebook. The light mode option provides the same old Facebook experience to those users who have used the social media platform over the last decade, while the dark mode option offers a more interesting experience.

Facebook’s fresh design and new look, which was first revealed in April, is now rolling out to several Facebook users. The new website design offers a simple, sleeker, more minimalist, and a Twitter-like user interface. The navigation has been streamlined and the News Feed has been improved with a new save your spot feature.

However, the new look doesn’t seem to have brought many functional changes to the social networking website. However, Facebook has added a new Dark Mode feature for the users to fiddle with. Testing this new dark theme is as simple as hitting the options button at the top corner of the social networking website.

The new dark theme ensures all aspects of the social network’s UI adopt black and dark grey color schemes. The goal is to reduce eye strains the users experienced during night time. In addition to protecting the users’ eyes, the Dark Mode feature also boosts battery life for devices that come with OLED displays.

Again, this is just a beta test version of the Dark Mode feature and the desktop app. So, the final version of the Dark Mode feature as well as the new Facebook users interface might not look the same.