This iPhone Trick Makes Watching Content In The Dark Less Harmful
So you’re up late on your iPhone again, browsing TikTok videos, binge-watching the latest episode of that one K-drama series, or just scrolling through YouTube for another documentary to stream. To prevent straining your eyes too much while doing so, especially when the lights in your room are already off, your first instinct is to tone down the brightness. This is the quickest way to keep your phone from intensely glaring in your face.
If the lowest level is still too overwhelming, tryenabling Night Shift on your iPhoneas well. This adds a warm tone to your screen, which you can further customize to suit your preferences. However, not everyone is a fan of a warm screen color, so they just end up sticking with using their devices on the lowest brightness level even if it still causes eye strain. Lucky for you, the iPhone has solved this screen brightness dilemma with a hidden feature: the Reduce White Point setting.
What is the Reduce White Point feature, and how do you turn it on?
Reduce White Point is aniPhone accessibility featureadded since iOS 7.1. What it does is dictate how intense the colors on your screen show. When it’s turned on, your phone dims beyond the lowest brightness setting to make it much more comfortable to view in low-light environments. However, unlike Night Shift, this feature doesn’t give your screen a warm tint. To turn on Reduce White Point, here’s what you need to do:
You can also set a shortcut to enable Reduce White Point. Here’s how:
How to activate Reduce White Point on your Apple TV
Reduce White Point isn’t only a godsend for iPhone users but for Apple TV owners too. It’s one of thehidden features on Apple TVyou should start using, especially when you’re always in the mood for late-night movies and shows but don’t want to disturb your partner or sibling who’s already sleeping in the same room.
To turn on Reduce White Point on your Apple TV, follow these steps:
