Theme change on Windows 8.1 and WP8.1

Microsoft1080

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A while ago I was on my Surface Pro 2 and I realized when I closed out apps the background when I would drag apps to the bottom of the screen was cyan. I though it was a glitch so before restarting my Surface I went into the setting to check for an update. While doing so the theme or color in the settings changed from gray which I had it set on to cyan. This scared me so I held the power button to shut down my Surface. After it restarted it was still the same so I went to preferences on the charm bar and changed it to gray. After doing that I picked up my Nokia Lumia Icon to check if I had any notifications and my theme was set to Steel. After realizing what happened and being confused I started messing with it. Anyways I realized that when you change your Theme on WP it can change it on your Windows 8 tablet too.

My Icon is running the Preview For Developers or WP8.1
My Surface Pro 2 is running Windows 8.1 update 1
They were both connected to the same network when this happened.

Can anyone else replicate this?

Here's a link to a picture I posted on instagram. Instagram
 
Check out settings->sync my settings

on your Icon. If you have "Theme" set to "On", you'll have your theme synced with your other Win 8 devices.
 
Yeah I thought it only changed the phones theme, I was surprised to see the changes on my surface as well.
 
Check out settings->sync my settings

on your Icon. If you have "Theme" set to "On", you'll have your theme synced with your other Win 8 devices.

Thank you I had forgotten all about that setting. I still like the theme's synced so I'll probably leave it. Just thought this was interesting.
 
This is a small but very cool feature, cant wait to Sync my Pro 2 with my to-be WP in the future.
 

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