staff@slashgear.com (Ketaki Bhojnagarwala)
2024-04-07 07:15:23
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The screens on most smart devices, including smartphones, televisions, tablets, and laptops, emit a blue light to make them easier to view. Blue light can make you more alert by overstimulating your brain, but conversely, the light emitted by the screen can make it harder to relax, affecting your circadian rhythm.
If you have trouble falling asleep at night or generally struggle with eye strain, you should stop using your Android phone before going to sleep. It’s also a good idea to enable a blue light filter to turn off this artificial light but be warned that doing this will change the color temperature of your screen and make it warmer.
The mode is called Night Light on Pixel phones, but on other brand smartphones, it’s often called Eye Comfort & Sleep mode, Reading mode, or Blue Light filter.
Here’s how to enable it on your Android device:
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Open Settings.
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Tap Display.
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Select Night Light/Eye Comfort/Reading Mode.
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Enable the mode to permanently have the blue light filter on. You can choose the intensity of the filter to make it warmer or cooler.
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Alternatively, tap Schedule and choose when to turn it on and off.
On some phones, you have the option to automatically enable this mode at sunset and disable it at sunrise.