Snapchat has quietly dropped the paywall for dark mode on Android after previously requiring users to have a subscription to access it.

As shared by Twitter (or X) user Shubham on a community for Android users within the platform, Snapchat is finally letting users enable dark mode without having a Snapchat+ subscription.

Hopefully, Snapchat is only testing the waters with this leak and isn't really serious about charging Android users for the privilege of using dark mode.

Dark mode is now free in the Snapchat app for Android, instead of pointlessly hiding the feature behind a paywall.

Free Snapchat users are reporting that they're able to use dark mode in the app. This feature was previously only for Snapchat+ users.

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