How to use the Night light feature of Windows 10 to reduce the blue light?

After the Creator update, Night light became a ranted feature of Windows 10. Creator update showed up with lots of improvement, but Night light was totally a different and unexpected feature. Very few people who use their computer a lot only knew about some third party applications such as f.lux to synchronize brightness and color temperature with the clock to get rid of eye problems.

Researchers stated that the blue light from most of the computer display can interfere with sleeping and cause eye strain. In order to save eyes and reduce the effect on slapping, Windows 10 added this Night light feature to reduce brightness and shifting color temperature towards the warmer, redder end of the spectrum.

Theoretically, this should minimize the negative effect of sitting in front of the computer too long can have on your sleep or eyesight. So, this article explains how to use the Night light feature of Windows 10 to reduce the blue light and save your eyes.

Enabling Night light:

As the Creators update comes with Night light feature, you need to have the Windows 10 version upgraded to Creators Update or later. You can access the feature from Settings and enable or disable as you required. To enable Night light feature, follow the steps below:

• Step 1: Click Windows Key and select Settings. A new Settings window will appear.

• Step 2: Click System from the Settings window.

• Step 3: From the Display setting, you will see Night light on the right tab. You can turn it ON to enable when required or navigate the Night light settings to manually configure Night light startup.

• Step 4: Click Night light setting to select active hours. Your computer will automatically enable Night light every day. You can even turn on the location service to start Night light based on your location’s day and night.

Key benefits of using Night light:

• The night light can help reducing blue light of your display, thus reducing eye strain.
• It can also improve the effect of sleeping based on your active hours and uses of the computer at night.
• As it’s a built-in feature, you don’t need to install any third-party application and there’s no risk of downloading software from the internet.

When you shouldn’t use Night light?

If you are working on some media files, such as graphic works, video editing, or enjoying Netflix, enabling the Night light feature can really mess with the original viewing experience. As Night light reduces blue light and works with adjusting color temperature, graphic sensitive media can look different than it should be. So, to get the accurate experience in such work, you should disable Night light. However, if you are working with MS Word, Spreadsheet or checking a long email list, the Night light can give you more comfort than usual.