This guide will show you how to use Night Shift on your iPhone or iPad with iOS 9.3 or later. You may also know it as the new iPhone night mode or iPad night mode, but its official name is Night Shift.
Apple announced the new iOS 9.3 update on stage as a free update for iPhone and iPad in early 2016. To use this feature, you must download and install iOS 9.3 or later on your iPhone or iPad.
After installing the latest software, you can turn on Night Shift on iPhone or iPad from the Control Center, but it’s best to look at your settings first to understand what the options are and configure Night Shift to suit your personal preference.
What is the Night Shift?
Explains what is Night Shift in iOS 9.3.
Night Shift for iPhone and iPad is a new setting that changes the temperature of your iPhone screen. The warmer the screen, the more orange it appears. Normally the screen is bluer, which can make it difficult to sleep after using an iPhone or iPad at night.
With the new night mode turned on, your eyes and body will respond better to sleep after you put down the iPhone and try to sleep. You don’t need to use it and you can turn it off completely, but many users should at least try the new feature.
How to Use Night Shift on iPhone and iPad
We’ll show you how to use Night Shift on iPhone and iPad and how to change important Night Shift settings to suit your use of night mode on your device.
The first thing you need to do is go to Settings on your iPhone or iPad. This allows you to change options before relying on timing or using the Control Center to turn it on or off.
After opening Settings, tap on Display & Brightness to go to the main area of display settings.
How to install Night Shift.
Now tap Night Shift in the middle of your screen. This opens the Night Shift settings on your iPhone or iPad.
Here you can choose to use the Sunset to Sunrise program or set the time when it will turn on and off. Adjusting the clock is helpful if you work the third shift or have a sleep pattern that is outside of your normal sleep pattern.
Check your Night Shift options, including when it turns on and off.
At the bottom of this screen you can choose to change the temperature of the screen. A warmer, more orange color is a less warm, blue is a brighter color. Warmer nights are better.
You can also choose to turn on Night Shift manually from this screen. Another option is to swipe up from the bottom of the iPhone or iPad and then open it with the Control Center.
