The new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser isn't officially readily available for download, but because I said not a years ago, a leaked build allows us to try out the applying prior to the public launch.

What's vital that you determine if you choose to download this version would be that the new Edge browser continues to be within the development stage, so this particular build here's still an experimental release.

Quite simply, while you can try out the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge awaiting the public release, a lot of things could change by the time Microsoft gives the go-ahead.

As several users who installed this Microsoft Edge preview discovered, the browser has a more refined look featuring inspired by Google Chrome. But at the same time, it lacks some features which were previously obtainable in the EdgeHTML-based Edge.

One of these is really a dark mode. Microsoft originally promised that the feel and look of the original Edge could be retained within the Chromium-based sibling, so the company is obviously working on migrating the dark visual style too.

And while it's not yet obtainable in this preview version of the browser, you can actually enable it thanks to a passionate flag that you can get in the advanced configuration screen. Since Edge now operates on Chromium, enabling and disabling flags within the browser works just like on Google Chrome, so here's what you need to do in order to let the dark theme in this build.

First of all, you need to launch the flags screen. And also to do that, type the following code within the address bar:

edge://flags

The following screen should look just like the flag configuration interface in Google Chrome, so make use of the search box at the top to look for an option called:

#edge-follow-os-theme

As an alternative, you can just copy the code below and paste it within the address bar in Microsoft Edge to visit straight to the flag you have to enable:

chrome://flags/#edge-follow-os-theme

As you can see in the description of the flag, its purpose is to permit the browser to adapt to the system settings in Windows 10. The initial description may be the following:

"Use a light or dark theme (based on OS preferences) inside your browser - Mac, Windows"

As a side note, the description of the flag also serves a full time income confirmation that Microsoft is working on a Mac form of the new Chromium-based browser.

In Microsoft Edge, this flag is placed to Default, so you'll have to switch it to allow to activate the dark theme. A browser reboot is required to save the settings.

What you ought to know is this fact setting is tied to the system settings in Windows 10, so you need to activate the dark theme in the operating-system as well to be able to utilize it in Microsoft Edge.

To get this done, you have to launch the Settings app on Windows 10 and visit the following path:

Settings > Personalization > Colors > Choose your color > Dark

Microsoft Edge toggles between visual styles while you make alterations in Windows 10, therefore the new theme is used immediately.

By the time Microsoft Edge reaches the ultimate development stage, I expect Microsoft to implement a far more straightforward theme switcher, which means you should technically be able to enable the behavior described here easier right from the Settings screen.

For now, however, there's no ETA regarding when the final build is projected to visit live, and the only thing we are able to speculate right now is that a preview release is just around the corner.