BGR Recommends 5 Phone Settings to Cut Digital Eye Strain
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Updated · Boy Genius Report · Jul 12
BGR Recommends 5 Phone Settings to Cut Digital Eye Strain
3 articles · Updated · Boy Genius Report · Jul 12
Summary
Five screen tweaks led BGR’s advice for reducing digital eye strain: adjust brightness, use extra-dim controls, schedule a blue-light filter, enable dark mode, and keep the phone farther from your eyes.
Auto-brightness and manual dimming target glare in dark rooms, while iPhone Reduce White Point and Android Extra Dim can push brightness below the normal minimum; BGR suggested about 90% dimming as a starting point.
Blue light—about 25% of the sun’s rays, according to the cited study—can suppress melatonin, so the report advised scheduling Night Shift on iPhone or Eye comfort shield on Android for evening use.
Dark mode may ease glare and save battery on OLED screens, though BGR noted it can worsen strain for some users with short-sightedness or astigmatism.
iPhone users with iPhone X-era TrueDepth hardware or newer can also enable Screen Distance, which warns when the device is held closer than 12 inches for too long.