So if you want to see what it looks like and it's the middle of the day or perhaps it's a solar eclipse or something you want to just turn it on right now you can do that by tapping that switch. So you can choose either one of those to automatically do it. I can also just select Sunset to Sunrise and then it will automatically do it based on location. You can see I can Turn On App and Turn Off App at a certain time to fit my schedule. You can set it to be scheduled from a certain time to another time. I'm going to tap on that and here's all the settings for Night Shift. Then you can see Night Shift, right there. I'm using the iPad Air 2 here and I'm going to go into Settings and then take a look at Display and Brightness. So let's look at how to use Night Shift on the iPad. So it's the kind of thing that is probably not going to cure your insomnia but it might just be a general good idea to have it built into your iOS device. Some people say it works and some people say it doesn't. There have been apps out there and some other devices have had this functionality for awhile.

The idea is that studies have shown that people that have too much blue light coming into their eyes just before they go to sleep have a little more trouble sleeping. It will take away some of the blue light and move things towards warmer reds and yellows.

Night Shift is a new feature that will warm the colors on your iPad or iPhone. On today's episode let's take a look at the new Night Shift feature available in iOS 9.3. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Many are familiar with the “rods and cones” that provide our visual capabilities, but the retinal ganglion cells containing melanopsin are sensitive to a wide range of “blue-green” frequencies around 480nm.Ī wide range of lights appear to be able to stimulate the circadian system in humans, and so while we refer to “blue light” in order to distinguish it from the light our visual system sees, it includes lights that appear green, blue, cyan, and even orange.ĭid you miss a post? Check the Eye On Apple home page to get caught up with the latest news, discussions and rumors about Apple.Check out Night Shift at YouTube for closed captioning and more options. The science that explains these new systems has accelerated over the last 20 years, with the discovery of a new photopigment in the eye, called Melanopsin, in 1998.

We know that night-time exposure to blue light makes people more alert and also affects their circadian timing. Now if you haven’t used Flux or Night Shift and don’t understand why warmer colors are better for your sleep, see this article from the Flux site:

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