Sep 5, 2019

Bug in font color of Android 10 pixel launcher google search bar on dark mode?

I update my pixel 3xl to android 10 lat night and now the google search bar on the home screen seems to have the wrong font color.

to replicate:

1. enable dark mode

2. navigate home

3. use the google search bar at the bottom of the screen

- the history will be unreadable since its on black font on dark background

- if you start typing you will only see what you have typed, the search prediction will not be visible because of the same problem

would this be a pixel launcher bug or an android 10 bug or something else?

From a developers view this seems like a quick fix, I don't know how fast these developers are, how long would they take to fix this?

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Homescreen and Launcher,Google Pixel 3 XL

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Sep 5, 2019

Hi Nacho,

This does appear to be an issue with using the search embedded in the Pixel Launcher. Please be sure to report it to the developers via Settings > About phone > Send feedback about this device.

Cheers,

John

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All Replies (63)

Robbie Dunn

Sep 5, 2019

I'm experiencing the same issue.

Marcus Lelean

Sep 24, 2019

Same, pixel 2, reported

Chelsea Evans

Sep 25, 2019

Had this issue on my pixel 3 and wasn't in the beta. Saw someone else fixed it by joining the beta, so I tried that and it worked for me.

Cody Tate Salinas

Sep 25, 2019

I also have this issue. I was part of the Android P beta program and everything worked swimmingly; however, upon the full release of Android P, the font colors on the search appliance suddenly changed from white to dark grey and is indistinguishable from the background color.

Google user

Sep 25, 2019

This appears to have been fixed as of the Google search app update today.

Mike Chang

Sep 26, 2019

Nope. It just reversed the issues. So instead of unreadable search results i now have unreadable typed search text. See images

....edit... Nevermind...force stop and clear cache appears to have resolved it..

Last edited Sep 26, 2019

Chandana Raj B

Sep 26, 2019

It's fixed. Update the Google app

Henry Wong 8048

Sep 26, 2019

Confirm the following method provided by Jan works to solve the issue on Pixel 2XL

>>>>Jan Alexander Steffens

9/13/19

Enabling "Override force-dark" in the developer options and then force-stopping the Google app seems to work around the issue.

洪瑋成

Sep 26, 2019

Neil's method https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/13660377?msgid=14083731

It does help me from that annoying problem.

However, google should deal with it fundamentally.

Marco Pecenca

Sep 26, 2019

Back to normal for me today after the last update of the Google app.

Vivekanandam D

Sep 26, 2019

Issue resolved after latest update of the app.

Oscar Valecillos

Oct 10, 2019

I already updated the Google app and I still have the issue. Any help?

Cardiff Boy

Feb 17, 2020

Similar issues since updating my S9+ phone with latest 2 Android 10 updates in Jan and early Feb 2020 but not solved by turning off Dark mode. Google Voice-to-Text alternative suggestions are blank. i can prove that this is because it is a white font on a white box by setting the 'high contrast fonts'visibility for fonts which puts edges round the letters, but this looks terrible in other apps. However, it also proves that in other apps, the fonts are black on black - for example the Google search widget now shows up the outline of 'Say "Hey Google", which had disappeared.

However, there is no feedback option to Google on my S9+ under about phone, only a 'Contact Us' for Samsung.

Last edited Feb 17, 2020