Google Play Books new blue light filter reduces eye strain

The chemical is produced in the brain after dark, but with so many of us these days spending the last few hours of the day staring at screens, all that blue light suppresses melatonin levels and reduces the chances of a decent slumber. Thereafter, it will automatically adjust to the proper setting, thereby making your reading more relaxing to your eyes any time of the day and helping you drift off to sleep more easily at night.

This is why Google today introduced an update to Play Books that brings along with it a new Night Light feature, which will make reading your favorite stories at night much easier on the eyes.

It gradually replaces the amount of bright blue light emanating from your screen with warmer, yellow tones that don’t reset your internal clock. As soon as you open a book title, a pop-up will come up in your app and you can activate the Night Light mode here. The feature is available on Play Books’ most recent versions for both iOS and Android. What would have been considered a boon in the day now seems to be hurting your eyes at night, especially if you’re trying to read websites or your e-books. Of course, vendors like Google or even Amazon would prefer that you keep using their full-colored LCD devices or apps instead. Once activated you will get a notification saying “Night Light will begin this evening”. It increases the amount of amber light it displays as the night progresses – everyone knows that when you get your hands on a good book, you can hardly let it down.