Improve sleep by enabling red light:

iOS

1. Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Color Filters

2. Turn ON Color Filters → Select Color Tint

3. Set Intensity and Hue all the way to RED

4. Settings → Accessibility → Accessibility Shortcut → select Color Filters to toggle with triple-click on side button

Android

1. Settings → Display → Night Light or Eye Comfort Shield (name varies by device)

2. Turn ON and set schedule to Sunset to Sunrise

3. If available, adjust Color Temperature toward WARMEST setting

4. For deeper red, some phones support developer mode screen filters or third-party apps like Twilight or Red Moon

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My favorite hack for the phone! Goes on every night 6pm

How do you make it automatic?

Not sure about the color filter thing, but I can schedule Night Shift under Settings —> Display & Brightness.

Manually set it for a specific time or schedule it to adjust automatically at sunrise and sunset.

I turn it on myself lol hit the lock button on an iPhone 3x

Shortcuts app. Create an automation that triggers based on time. You can even choose sunset and sunrise. Are you not using automations yet?

How?

Is it worth doing this if you’re wearing blue light glasses?

Likely yes. What color tint are your glasses?

Orange/amber

Yeah i think so

Great Advice, I do this since a while now.

Boomers can also watch their stock portfolio or retirement accounts for a similar effect.

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Do it in reverse order (on iOS) if you’re colorblind. Otherwise it’s near impossible to set what the triple click action is. 😂

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it works too. just wish the phone could go greyscale at the same time

Even if doing this all red, the way LED works is, it will still emit blue light. But sure, it helps!

Improve sleep by putting your screens away by 20:30

Tried it now. Actually a zapable tip. Better than the regular one!

I was messing around with the black and white version this on iOS but my weak countenance found the triple click was just too “accessible” and convenient to just turn it off

Thanks, will try in the evening

Yep. Been reducing blue light on my devices for about 10 years now

Also, when working after sunset on desktops...

for Windows/Mac: use F.lux justgetflux.com

for Linux: Use Night Color Control/Night Light