G+_Ken H Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Originally shared by Paul Werner I just found this app today that I wanted to give some love. It has 1 million installs on the Play Store so it's not like it's doing bad or anything but fit a use-case I have. The app is called Twilight and what it does is dims or turns off blue light levels on your screen so you can use your device in a dark room without it blinding you. You can always dim the screen but it's not enough when the blue light still shines through. Here's some great things I found after checking this app out: --You can set it to automatically enable the filtering based off of sunrise/sunset or your personal schedule --You can quickly toggle the filter via the notification panel (or pause for a brief period) --It's free for practically the full use of the app and if you purchase (currently $2.99) you can set more than 2 predefined profiles and turn off the twilight service that runs in the background altogether during inactive times (though it doesn't use much resources from what I can tell) As an added bonus (thought not sure how scientific it is) it can increase the life of devices with AMOLED screens. https://goo.gl/HQV8Uz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Skip Regan Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Been using this for a couple months and its been great. I have it timed to sunset - sunrise to avoid blue light before bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Werner Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Skip Regan Nice, glad it's been working out great for you. I've wanted an app like this for a little while and finally too the time to search out for one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Thomas Schöller Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Gina Trapani has always recommended this app. I've been using it for over a year now and really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Paul Werner Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 For those of you using this already what did you set your color temp/intensity/screen dim settings to? I'm going to play with it later in a dark room but just wanted to get an idea from you guys/gals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matthew Bowen Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Using over a year. I LOVE this app. I keep my intensity pretty low (about 1/3). I even play Ingress with it on. 2 things everyone should know : 1) pause it before taking a screenshot - it will affect the outcome 2) pause it if you are having problems sideloading apps (even from Amazon) - once paused the "install" button functions again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Matthew Bowen Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Paul Werner? Thanks for the reminder about the pro version. I just went and bought it, as well as left a good review. I didn't need any additional functions (free does so much) but I wanted to thank the developers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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