By Cheyenne Macdonald For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:57 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 18:23 GMT, 4 March 2019
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Facebook has launched a new Messenger feature to make chats easier on your eyes.
The firm debuted Dark Mode today weeks ahead of schedule, allowing users to access the feature through a ‘hidden, limited-time only experience.’
By sending the crescent moon emoji in Messenger, iOS and Android users can now switch their chats to a black background.
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Facebook has launched a new Messenger feature to make chats easier on your eyes. The firm debuted Dark Mode today weeks ahead of schedule, allowing users to access the feature through a ‘hidden, limited-time only experience’
Facebook is testing Dark Mode for iOS and Android Messenger users ahead of its official launch.
To access the feature, open a chat and send a crescent moon emoji.
This will unlock the secret setting, and prompt you to turn it on.
According to Facebook, this is a 'hidden, limited-time only experience.'
It will become available in Settings for all in the coming weeks.
Sending the crescent moon will first send the symbols raining down the chat screen, before a message pops up: 'You Found Dark Mode!'
Users are then prompted to turn the feature on in
