PSA: Siri Can Turn on Night Shift on Apple Watch

[fbr$]

Step 3 - ???
Step 4 - Profit!

Hahaha I was actually thinking about Siri becoming Skynet (Terminator).

 

[HDFan]

the display will take on the dimmer, yellow hue that lowers blue light exposure.

"Gazing at a screen that emits “blue light” before bed doesn’t seem to have a significant effect on sleep, scientists have said after reviewing the evidence."

Staring at a phone before bed doesn’t interfere with your sleep

According to a new review of 11 studies conducted across the world there is no evidence that screen light in the hour before bed makes it harder to fall asleep

www.thetimes.com

 

[Böhme417]

"Gazing at a screen that emits “blue light” before bed doesn’t seem to have a significant effect on sleep, scientists have said after reviewing the evidence."

Staring at a phone before bed doesn’t interfere with your sleep

According to a new review of 11 studies conducted across the world there is no evidence that screen light in the hour before bed makes it harder to fall asleep

www.thetimes.com

Whether or not it has an impact on sleep, it is definitely more comfortable on my eyes to have a warmer display later at night.

 

[svish]

Happy to see this. Will be useful.

 

[iToph]

That is nothing less than a sensation

 

[Beards]

Okay… I have to ask ~ How do you turn Nightshift off?

 

[SegaSaturn]

Took 3 tries but it started working on my Series 9. Previously said “I can’t help you with that on Apple Watch”

 

[tipoo]

Yeah I figured out I could do this on my Series 6 (steel lte if it made any difference), as mentioned it says I can set a schedule in settings but nothing is there about it. Very odd, it seems like a feature they tested and then pulled out for some reason but forgot to remove the Siri prompt for it. And it does yellow the screen, for some people asking if it just controlled the iPhone screen, no it actually works on the Watch.


It's weird that the same company has a product like the Watch that's well behind iPhone's sleep feature, like if it's charging in nightstand mode and you move an atom in the bedroom why does it flashbang you in bright green light? The iPhone doesn't do this, it comes up dimly and night shifted when you tap it. Night Shift would be a help here if it was scheduled.

 

[Dylan33x]

Works on Series 7 running WatchOS9

 

[Parowdy]

Turned it on on my Series 7. Interesting look, like what a preview of the OLED will look like naturally in 10 years (?) time or so.

What makes you think that? Why would it shift in color?

 

[Parowdy]

Are people staring at a watch so much that they need this?

Are you just here to ask pointless questions?
Do you even know what Night Shift is good for and do you even have an Apple Watch?

 

[Parowdy]

S6. WOS 22.
iSE3. iOS 22.
Central Europe but USA based account.

Works for me.

Tried back and forth and status does not sync from phone to watch or v-v.

What did you edit about your comment that you still have it say iOS 22 and watchOS 22?

 

[Parowdy]

Not working on my Series 7 on watchOS 10. Maybe it’s a language/region locked thing?

Where are you from? What language do you use? It works in Germany in English for me.

 

[bb9]

This is fantastic, and also very weird.

Now I'm kind of nervous Apple will pull the plug and it will get stuck on.

This needs to sync with Night Shift on the phone for sure.

Yes surprise it is not already synced.

 

[Parowdy]

Not working on my Series 7 on watchOS 10. Maybe it’s a language/region locked thing?

Where are you from? What language do you use? It works in Germany in English for me.

"Gazing at a screen that emits “blue light” before bed doesn’t seem to have a significant effect on sleep, scientists have said after reviewing the evidence."

Staring at a phone before bed doesn’t interfere with your sleep

According to a new review of 11 studies conducted across the world there is no evidence that screen light in the hour before bed makes it harder to fall asleep

www.thetimes.com

Well I can feel considerably less eye strain when using Night Shift. It might not, according to some studies, improve sleep. But it does reduce eye strain at least for me and that makes it a worth while feature.

 

[Parowdy]

Unrelated fun fact.
In the shortcuts app, the AOD setting is available for iPhone AND iPod touch.
And since the introduction of the iPhone 15 Pro, the Ring Switch setting isn’t working on any other iPhone anymore…

 

[jaymagee]

It works on my 6 with WatchOS10. A shame you can't schedule, but perhaps that's not far off now in the UI.

 

[CarAnalogy]

Yes surprise it is not already synced.

Well I did discover this morning after turning it on last night that it does apparently turn off when my phone's does.

 

[scrapesleon]

Tried it last night wish it toggle on in settings though

 

[boss.king]

Where are you from? What language do you use? It works in Germany in English for me.

Which English are you set to? I’m in New Zealand using New Zealand English and Siri just says “Sorry, I can’t help you with that on Apple Watch”.

 

[arkitect]

Well, well… whaddaya know? It works.
UK
Ultra 2

Not that I have any need of it. 🥴

 

[Crowbot]

Well, well… whaddaya know? It works.
UK
Ultra 2

Not that I have any need of it. 🥴

Fun fact to throw out at parties? So many people I see are wearing an AW.

 

[backstreetboy]

Doesn't work on my Apple Watch SE 2.

Works fine on mine.

 

[Stuartglossop]

Why are people saying this is amazing?

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

Doesn't seem to work in German.

It only works when changing language to English.

It doesn't appear to be region-locked though.