Summary of how to set a shortcut to prepare for sleep by lowering the screen brightness of your smartphone than the default
Many people tend to use their smartphones before going to bed and falling asleep. At this time, the light emitted from smartphone screens not only interferes with sleep, but also has a negative impact on vision and mental health. In fact, smartphones have a setting that lowers the screen brightness even further than the default minimum value, and you can switch it with a simple shortcut.
Create a shortcut for even lower phone brightness
◆For iPhone
To set a shortcut on your iPhone, select 'Accessibility' from 'Settings'.
Tap 'Shortcuts' under 'General' under Accessibility.
Among the various options, tap 'Lower white point' and confirm that a check mark appears on the left side.
Now you can lower the screen brightness by pressing the side button three times quickly. You can see how much the screen brightness actually decreases by pressing the side button three times by watching the movie below.
◆For Android smartphones
For Android, the settings vary depending on the smartphone, but on Android 12 and later, you can easily lower the screen brightness below the default minimum value by setting ``Decrease brightness further''. Select “Accessibility” from “Settings”.
Then, under 'Display' there is an item called 'Further reduce brightness', so turn on this switch.
If you turn on the 'Decrease brightness further' switch, when you swipe down from the top of the screen to set the screen brightness, a shortcut button for 'Decrease brightness further' will be displayed below the slide bar. . Tap this button to switch it to 'ON' to lower the screen brightness even further than the default.
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