Phones have become part of everyday life, and people spend hours looking at their screens for texting, social media, schoolwork, entertainment, and more. Because of this companies have started adding features in order to make screens easier on our eyes. One of these features is True Tone, which is designed to automatically adjust the display so that the colors on your screen are less harsh and potentially reduce eye strain.
It works by changing the temperature of the odor on the phone’s display depending on the light in your environment. If you are in a room with warm lighting, your screen will shift to slightly warmer lighting (yellowish) and cooler (blueish) if you are outside or in a cool toned room.
Many users say that True Tone makes their screen easier to look at for long periods of time. When a screen is too blue or too bright, your eyes can feel strained because they are constantly trying to adjust. By matching to the environment, it can create a more balanced looking screen.
Overall, True Tone does work, but it is not designed to improve eye health or completely eliminate eye strain. Other tools that can support eye health are Night Shift, which is also in iPhone display settings. Night Shift reduces the amount of blue light shown on the screen by hitting warmer colors before the phone user goes to sleep. In settings, you can adjust the specific times that it turns on and off to customize when it becomes effective. Hasika Potluri (12) shares, “I have always noticed the Night Shift setting and wondered what it does. Now that I know, I will start using it.”
Another helpful method is the “20-20-20 rule” which says that every 20 minutes, you take your eyes off your phone for about 20 seconds onto something at least 20 feet away. This allows your eyes time to take a break from staring at lit screens. People have also found that increasing the size of text and reducing motion effects on the screen. Abigail Joe (12) says, “I learned about the 20-20-30 method from my optometrist, and it helped me a lot.”
In conclusion, True Tone is a small but useful feature that can lessen your eye strain by changing how your phone display looks in different lighting environments. It can make screens feel more natural and comfortable to look at. While it’s not a cure for eye strain, it can help a lot with the combination of other phone features found in display settings.
