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Apple Introduces New 'Night Shift' Feature in iOS 9.3
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im so dissapointed when i saw this news it was like heaven on earth, i have always had yellow tint temp for my ipad air 2 and changed it 3 times and not had a pure white one like in the apple stores so thought amazing can now change temp on screen but i can confim this doesnt happen this only makes it more yellow and even all the way to blue its still yelloer than having it off, this is NOT a screen temp change which is what i want, now im upset i dont want a more yellow screen every apple store device is pure white but i always have yellow tint iphones and ipads not happy
So will the iPod touch 6g support this night shift feature? Doesn't this device have a 64bit processor?
I wonder what iOS 10 will bring
Word. If a cool feature like this is coming out in a 9.x update, iOS 10 (X?) should be pretty significant. I hope it has that home screen 'active tiles' concept someone created: http://www.redmondpie.com/ios-8-wit...er-want-heres-what-it-should-look-like-video/
Don't get your hopes up. Apple rarely integrates concepts into its features for iOS releases.
Well this is just my luck. Nice iOS improvements like Night Shift and Siri in Finnish start pouring in when I don't have any decent iOS devices to try them out with. An old iPad 3 doesn't count as decent in these days. Well, taking one for the team I guess.
From time to time, Apple can be really surprising. Not only did I not expect Apple to introduce such a feature, I also did not expect to see so many options for it. After the low-power mode, I would have expected a simple on/off for this feature, but it turns out that you can now set the colour temperature permanently and you can set up a schedule or use one that is based on location and time. An amazing development.
I've been trying to work around the blue screen for so long I've lost count of all the techniques I've tried. For example, my key accessibility shortcut is set to inverse and I have a strong blue background which turns strong orange when inverted.
Btw, it takes hours for melatonin to accumulate so don't let that half hour rule deprive you of quality ZZZs.
The color is because that's the color of the sun. The same sun that's been waking us up for millions of years. Our brains are chemically coded to respond with alertness at the color, which is traditionally impossible after sundown.
Btw, it takes hours for melatonin to accumulate so don't let that half hour rule deprive you of quality ZZZs.
I have amber computer glasses. Using them combined with flux does look more orange. But you're likely describing a mild coating that only blocks some blue.
PSA
This won't do much good by itself if your home is filled with blue light sources. Simple test: sit in a closed room with just 9.3 for an hour after sundown. When your eyes are good and relaxed, move about the place. Any light source that feels extra glaring is probably blue. Including the TV.
This won't do much good by itself if your home is filled with blue light sources. Simple test: sit in a closed room with just 9.3 for an hour after sundown. When your eyes are good and relaxed, move about the place. Any light source that feels extra glaring is probably blue. Including the TV.
I wonder why the feature is not supported on 32bit devices.
This is an really interesting idea, as the white point on many iOS devices is reportedly too blue. Can nightshift be enabled all day and night?
I've been waiting for this for YEARS! I don't need to sideload Flux anymore.
One of the best updates EVER!!!!!!!!
One of the best updates EVER!!!!!!!!
That's a possibile explanation but there are plenty of users with iPhone 5 and 5c and with old iPads, it's a pity they won't be able to use the feature
Understandable, but that's how hardware and software often goes. There are likely iPhone 4 users that would like to have widgets and some other features from iOS 8 (let alone 9) but they can't get anything past iOS 7 on their phone.
Yes, but iOS 9 is supported on those 32 bit devices.
It is very likely that some of them won't be able to install iOS 10 and I'm fine with that, but since they're introducing night shift on 9.3 they could have made an effort to support the feature on all the devices compatible with that OS release.
Well, again, not if the needed frameworks and libraries are 64-bit only. Content blocking functionality that is part of iOS 9 works in a similar fashion. It would likely require way more extra work to get libraries that are needed crated and added to the 32-bit codebase which wouldn't be as practical. Apple could also not have made the effort to do it at all for a longer period of time until 32-bit is just phased out completely. So, yes it certainly would be nice, I agree, but with progress things get left out bit by bit (and sometimes faster than that).
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Cure my insomnia Apple!
So what does the cooler v warmer toggle do? Doesn't blue light reduction mean warmer tones by nature?
So what does the cooler v warmer toggle do? Doesn't blue light reduction mean warmer tones by nature?
Thats exactly how i feel right now. I was so exited to remove this awful yellow tint from my 6s. I exchanged it 6 Times an none of them was calibrated as the phones in the Apple Stores. Whites are yellow and not white. So for me the Night Shift Mode is absolutly ********. They should have add a real Color calibration Option like in F.lux instead of making already yellow tint Displays more Yellower.
