Definitely not on the latest release version.
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Yeah it’s on TestFlight just got the update yesterday.
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This is a rollercoaster of emotions 
Given the TestFlight build had issues, maybe they’ve reverted?
Still no sign of it! Glad to see they put loads of effort into the wrapped feature but can’t just add a dark icon.
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If you don’t like me trying to push them to add the dark mode icon, just stop reading this thread.
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Thanks, good to know they’re hopefully coming soon 
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Issue: The app icon now appears as an all white M. The customise options still show the multicoloured one as default and there’s no all white option available to select anyway. Tried to reselect the standard default multi coloured one but the icon still appears as white after restart. All other icons appear as selected. When I try to select the default one, it then shows the white one in the pop up.
Details to reproduce: app icon wrong colour
OS: iOS 18.2.1
Device: iPhone 14
App Version: 16.10.0
Screenshots:
If that’s true, why is the dark mode icon bright white? It’s like a torch, shining at me in the dark! Muted regular colours would be much better. I thought this was a bug.
It’s the background that’s dark, the same as every other dark mode icon in iOS 
I’m not sure why this icon would stand out as being any different to any other dark mode icon.
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I for some reason don’t have this yet, so what I’m writing here is purely based on what I’ve seen on the community. There’s been some good feedback here, that definitely could have been articulated better to avoid all the pushback.
The design decision for the default icon is odd.
Dark mode ≠ devoid of any colour mode. There’s no reason why Monzo couldn’t have kept their original icon and set it on a proper black background. Let’s be honest now, the old icons were passable, but the background colour didn’t match user expectations of what a dark mode icon should be.
The white icon is a welcome addition
It’s nice, but I can’t help but feel that this should have been an additional option on the icon picker screen.
Are we getting proper dark mode icons for the other options?
Will the beta, black culture and investor icons also be updated with proper black backgrounds?
Why hasn’t the icon picker been updated?
It seems like a lot of the feedback is because users are picking the colour icon in the icon picker screen, but then ending up with the white one. That’s bad UX. The icon picker needs to reflect the icon that’s actually going to be applied.
I don’t know about you but I find Monzo doing stuff like this frustrating. They’re late to the party and they’ve yet again shipped the minimum viable product. This issue is systemic at Monzo so I’m honestly not expecting any of this to be fixed.
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It is entirely possible to have multiple dark icons - I have a few apps that have it implemented for about 20 different custom icons.
Yep, entirely possible. Just a case of most developers doing the bare minimum as usual. A bit like those patch notes that just read ‘bug fixes and performance improvements’.
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Quite the opposite, it’s actually required.
Source: App icons | Apple Developer Documentation
That’s not an excuse, but I’ve looked into this further and the system doesn’t seem to return to developers whether or not the user has dark mode icons enabled so it’s not possible for apps to display a UI that shows the icon the user will actually be enabling. Hopefully that comes in a future iOS version because as a user yes is it confusing to select one logo in the app and have what looks like a different logo appear on the Home Screen. Yes it may make sense to you and others on the community, but we do have to remember we’re in a bit of a bubble here and the majority of normal users won’t understand why this is happening.
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I think it is actually possible to show what icon the user is enabling, but only once you’ve enabled it. One of the best apps that I’ve used for this is Ivory for Mastodon. It has I think over 30 custom icons, all with dark variants. The list shows the normal appearance for them, but when you change to a different one, it will pop up with a notification showing the dark variant if you currently have dark icon mode enabled.
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I think that’s what I’m trying to get at here though. Ideally that list would show the correct variant based on the user’s Home Screen settings, but since that information doesn’t get passed on by the OS, you get this mismatch.
I was going to say, people really will complain about anything lol.
Pretty much every other dark mode icon is limited to one accent colour. The Apple Maps app in particular goes from very colourful to just a small flash of blue.
The Photos app is the main one that retains some additional colour.
Personally a monochrome logo is what I was expecting, it fits the aesthetic of all the icons being dark.
If it was kept essentially the same, there would be people (as there already had been) saying “Monzo doesn’t offer a different icon for dark mode”.
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