diff --git a/projects/addon-doc/components/demo/index.ts b/projects/addon-doc/components/demo/index.ts
index 4d37bf890231..e042a3c962a3 100644
--- a/projects/addon-doc/components/demo/index.ts
+++ b/projects/addon-doc/components/demo/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import type {AbstractControl} from '@angular/forms';
 import {FormGroup, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule} from '@angular/forms';
 import type {Params, UrlTree} from '@angular/router';
 import {UrlSerializer} from '@angular/router';
-import {TuiDocThemeDarkService} from '@taiga-ui/addon-doc/services';
 import {TUI_DOC_DEMO_TEXTS, TUI_DOC_URL_STATE_HANDLER} from '@taiga-ui/addon-doc/tokens';
 import type {TuiDemoParams} from '@taiga-ui/addon-doc/types';
 import {tuiCleanObject, tuiCoerceValueIsTrue} from '@taiga-ui/addon-doc/utils';
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ import {tuiPure, tuiPx} from '@taiga-ui/cdk/utils/miscellaneous';
 import {TuiButton} from '@taiga-ui/core/components/button';
 import {TuiExpand} from '@taiga-ui/core/components/expand';
 import {TuiGroup} from '@taiga-ui/core/directives/group';
+import {TUI_DARK_MODE} from '@taiga-ui/core/tokens';
 import {TuiDataListWrapper} from '@taiga-ui/kit/components/data-list-wrapper';
 import {TuiSwitch} from '@taiga-ui/kit/components/switch';
 import {TuiChevron} from '@taiga-ui/kit/directives/chevron';
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class TuiDocDemo implements OnInit {
     protected readonly template: TemplateRef<Record<string, unknown>> | null = null;
 
     protected dark = tuiCoerceValueIsTrue(
-        this.params.darkMode ?? inject(TuiDocThemeDarkService).value,
+        this.params.darkMode ?? inject(TUI_DARK_MODE)(),
     );
 
     protected testForm?: FormGroup;
diff --git a/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.component.ts b/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.component.ts
index 5ac2edd9fc43..4809c0edcc35 100644
--- a/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.component.ts
+++ b/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import {AsyncPipe} from '@angular/common';
 import {
     ChangeDetectionStrategy,
     Component,
@@ -6,10 +5,10 @@ import {
     ViewEncapsulation,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {RouterOutlet} from '@angular/router';
-import {TuiDocThemeDarkService} from '@taiga-ui/addon-doc/services';
 import {TUI_DOC_ICONS} from '@taiga-ui/addon-doc/tokens';
 import {TuiButton} from '@taiga-ui/core/components/button';
 import {TuiRoot} from '@taiga-ui/core/components/root';
+import {TUI_DARK_MODE} from '@taiga-ui/core/tokens';
 
 import {TuiDocHeader} from '../internal/header';
 import {TuiDocNavigation} from '../navigation/navigation.component';
@@ -17,14 +16,7 @@ import {TuiDocNavigation} from '../navigation/navigation.component';
 @Component({
     standalone: true,
     selector: 'tui-doc-main',
-    imports: [
-        TuiRoot,
-        AsyncPipe,
-        RouterOutlet,
-        TuiButton,
-        TuiDocHeader,
-        TuiDocNavigation,
-    ],
+    imports: [TuiRoot, RouterOutlet, TuiButton, TuiDocHeader, TuiDocNavigation],
     templateUrl: './main.template.html',
     styleUrls: ['./main.style.less'],
     encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.None,
@@ -35,9 +27,9 @@ import {TuiDocNavigation} from '../navigation/navigation.component';
 export class TuiDocMain {
     private readonly icons = inject(TUI_DOC_ICONS);
 
-    protected readonly dark$ = inject(TuiDocThemeDarkService);
+    protected readonly darkMode = inject(TUI_DARK_MODE);
 
     protected get icon(): string {
-        return this.dark$.value ? this.icons.light : this.icons.dark;
+        return this.darkMode() ? this.icons.light : this.icons.dark;
     }
 }
diff --git a/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.template.html b/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.template.html
index 276f72ea91c0..4614b3904ee7 100644
--- a/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.template.html
+++ b/projects/addon-doc/components/main/main.template.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<tui-root [attr.tuiTheme]="(dark$ | async) ? 'dark' : null">
+<tui-root [attr.tuiTheme]="darkMode() ? 'dark' : null">
     <div class="tui-doc-page">
         <tui-doc-navigation class="tui-doc-navigation">
             <ng-content select="tuiDocNavigation" />
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             class="tui-doc-dark-mode-switch"
             [iconStart]="icon"
             [style.border-radius.%]="100"
-            (click)="dark$.toggle()"
+            (click)="darkMode.set(!darkMode())"
         ></button>
     </header>
     <ng-container ngProjectAs="tuiOverContent">
diff --git a/projects/addon-doc/services/theme-dark.service.ts b/projects/addon-doc/services/theme-dark.service.ts
index 24f4f1e9d15f..090145921448 100644
--- a/projects/addon-doc/services/theme-dark.service.ts
+++ b/projects/addon-doc/services/theme-dark.service.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,27 @@
 import {inject, Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 import {WA_LOCAL_STORAGE, WA_WINDOW} from '@ng-web-apis/common';
 import {tuiCreateToken} from '@taiga-ui/cdk/utils/miscellaneous';
+import {TUI_DARK_MODE_DEFAULT_KEY, TUI_DARK_MODE_KEY} from '@taiga-ui/core/tokens';
 import {BehaviorSubject} from 'rxjs';
 
-export const TUI_DARK_THEME_DEFAULT_KEY = 'tuiDark';
-export const TUI_DARK_THEME_KEY = tuiCreateToken(TUI_DARK_THEME_DEFAULT_KEY);
+/**
+ * @deprecated use {@link TUI_DARK_THEME} instead
+ */
+export const TUI_DARK_THEME_DEFAULT_KEY = TUI_DARK_MODE_DEFAULT_KEY;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated use {@link TUI_DARK_THEME} instead
+ */
+export const TUI_DARK_THEME_KEY = TUI_DARK_MODE_KEY;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated use {@link TUI_DARK_THEME} instead
+ */
 export const TUI_DARK_THEME = tuiCreateToken(false);
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated use {@link TUI_DARK_THEME} instead
+ */
 @Injectable({
     providedIn: 'root',
 })
diff --git a/projects/core/services/dark-theme.service.ts b/projects/core/services/dark-theme.service.ts
index 0e27ec0be5e3..5e3f1b92dad3 100644
--- a/projects/core/services/dark-theme.service.ts
+++ b/projects/core/services/dark-theme.service.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import {inject, Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 import {WA_WINDOW} from '@ng-web-apis/common';
 import {fromEvent, map, Observable, shareReplay, startWith} from 'rxjs';
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated use {@link TUI_DARK_MODE} instead
+ */
 @Injectable({
     providedIn: 'root',
 })
diff --git a/projects/core/tokens/dark-mode.ts b/projects/core/tokens/dark-mode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..128884211b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/core/tokens/dark-mode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import {effect, inject, InjectionToken, signal, type WritableSignal} from '@angular/core';
+import {takeUntilDestroyed} from '@angular/core/rxjs-interop';
+import {WA_LOCAL_STORAGE, WA_WINDOW} from '@ng-web-apis/common';
+import {tuiCreateToken} from '@taiga-ui/cdk/utils/miscellaneous';
+import {filter, fromEvent} from 'rxjs';
+
+export const TUI_DARK_MODE_DEFAULT_KEY = 'tuiDark';
+export const TUI_DARK_MODE_KEY = tuiCreateToken(TUI_DARK_MODE_DEFAULT_KEY);
+export const TUI_DARK_MODE = new InjectionToken<
+    WritableSignal<boolean> & {reset(): void}
+>('', {
+    factory: () => {
+        let automatic = true;
+
+        const storage = inject(WA_LOCAL_STORAGE);
+        const key = inject(TUI_DARK_MODE_KEY);
+        const saved = storage.getItem(key);
+        const media = inject(WA_WINDOW).matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
+        const result = signal(Boolean((saved && JSON.parse(saved)) ?? media.matches));
+
+        fromEvent(media, 'change')
+            .pipe(
+                filter(() => !storage.getItem(key)),
+                takeUntilDestroyed(),
+            )
+            .subscribe(() => {
+                automatic = true;
+                result.set(media.matches);
+            });
+
+        effect(() => {
+            const value = String(result());
+
+            if (automatic) {
+                automatic = false;
+            } else {
+                storage.setItem(key, value);
+            }
+        });
+
+        return Object.assign(result, {
+            reset: () => {
+                storage.removeItem(key);
+                automatic = true;
+                result.set(media.matches);
+            },
+        });
+    },
+});
diff --git a/projects/core/tokens/index.ts b/projects/core/tokens/index.ts
index d2b3be4fba3b..0cfec6c5e022 100644
--- a/projects/core/tokens/index.ts
+++ b/projects/core/tokens/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export * from './animations-speed';
 export * from './assets-path';
 export * from './common-icons';
+export * from './dark-mode';
 export * from './date-format';
 export * from './day-type-handler';
 export * from './first-day-of-week';
diff --git a/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.html b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f911f4214f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Dark mode enabled: {{ darkMode() }}
+<p>
+    <button
+        tuiButton
+        (click)="darkMode.set(!darkMode())"
+    >
+        Toggle
+    </button>
+    <button
+        tuiButton
+        (click)="darkMode.reset()"
+    >
+        Reset
+    </button>
+</p>
+<p>Add to Root to enable:</p>
+<code>&lt;tui-root [attr.tuiTheme]="darkMode() ? 'dark' : null'"&gt;</code>
diff --git a/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.less b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.less
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b6b395e49bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.less
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+p {
+    display: flex;
+    gap: 1rem;
+}
+
+code {
+    white-space: nowrap !important;
+}
diff --git a/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.ts b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a3a78d64ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/examples/2/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import {Component, inject} from '@angular/core';
+import {changeDetection} from '@demo/emulate/change-detection';
+import {encapsulation} from '@demo/emulate/encapsulation';
+import {WA_LOCAL_STORAGE, WA_WINDOW} from '@ng-web-apis/common';
+import {TUI_DARK_MODE, TUI_DARK_MODE_KEY, TuiButton} from '@taiga-ui/core';
+
+@Component({
+    standalone: true,
+    imports: [TuiButton],
+    templateUrl: './index.html',
+    styleUrls: ['./index.less'],
+    encapsulation,
+    changeDetection,
+})
+export default class Example {
+    private readonly key = inject(TUI_DARK_MODE_KEY);
+    private readonly storage = inject(WA_LOCAL_STORAGE);
+    private readonly media = inject(WA_WINDOW).matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)');
+
+    protected readonly darkMode = inject(TUI_DARK_MODE);
+
+    protected reset(): void {
+        this.darkMode.set(this.media.matches);
+        this.storage.removeItem(this.key);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.html b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.html
index 4194383d073d..c973fb81a2a8 100644
--- a/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.html
+++ b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.html
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
         are included. Importing is not required.
 
         <tui-doc-example
-            id="themes"
-            heading="Themes"
-            [component]="1 | tuiComponent"
-            [content]="1 | tuiExample"
+            *ngFor="let example of examples; let index = index"
+            [component]="index + 1 | tuiComponent"
+            [content]="index + 1 | tuiExample"
+            [heading]="example"
+            [id]="example | tuiKebab"
         />
     </ng-template>
 </tui-doc-page>
diff --git a/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.ts b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.ts
index a6af1afa2f68..4f8a6d8d7508 100644
--- a/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.ts
+++ b/projects/demo/src/modules/directives/theme/index.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ import {TuiDemo} from '@demo/utils';
     templateUrl: './index.html',
     changeDetection,
 })
-export default class Page {}
+export default class Page {
+    protected readonly examples = ['Themes', 'Toggling'];
+}