The average time aUS citizen spends looking at their phone each day is over five hours. That’s almost half of our waking hours spent staring at a phone screen. But with our eyes constantly glued to a screen, there might be some concern about how much blue light exposure our eyes get. The same light is the culprit for causing damage to our eyesight and tricks our brains into staying awake (at night). However, mostmodern-day Android tabletsand Android phones have methods to limit your exposure.
Outside of blue light emission concerns, other factors contribute to eye strain, such as viewing muted colors and low-contrast backgrounds displayed against on-screen text for long periods. If you’re susceptible to photosensitivity or have naturally low vision,change your display settingsto improve the contrast between color and text. Android has come a long way sinceAndroid 13 included customizable accessibility featuresto make our viewing experience more comfortable. So, to teach everyone how to locate these handy display options, we show you a quick way to activate high-contrast mode on any Android phone.
Android 14 accessibility features: What’s new and changed
More options have arrived for low-vision and hard-of-hearing users
How to turn on high-contrast mode on your Android phone
You can use high-contrast mode to improve the readability of your apps and documents. Not all apps support high-contrast mode, and the feature is still experimental and continually being developed. But for starters, you can activate high-contrast mode from your Android settings. See below to learn how.
How to activate high-contrast mode on Google Pixel
you’re able to turn on high-contrast mode by tweaking your displayed text options. To get started, read our steps below. In this example, we use a Google Pixel 7 on Android 14.
How to activate high-contrast mode on Samsung Galaxy
Thanks toSamsung’s fancy One UI skin for Galaxy phones, it might not be as straightforward to turn on high-contrast mode. Below, we modified the steps to include the differences. In this example, we use a Samsung Galaxy S23 running One UI 5.1.
Samsung has some extra options to optimize your display. You can customize your high-contrast mode to enhance the font color and outline, keyboard letter display, highlight button text, color inversion, and modify your phone’s theme. We recommend trying these options to get the best high-contrast experience to please your eyes.
Eye comfort shield feature on Samsung Galaxy S23
you may tweak another setting to help reduce blue light emissions. Samsung Galaxy S23 has a color temperature change that is adjustable throughout the day. You can turn this on by visitingthe Eye comfort shield optionunder the Display settings.
Purchase a screen protector for your favorite Android phone
There are pristine screen protectors that do more than prevent physical damage to our phone screens. Some of these screen protectors have films with anti-glare and anti-reflective properties. To get the biggest bang for your buck, you may want to invest in extra screen protection for your favorite phones and tablets. For example, you can buy ascreen protector for your Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra. And if you don’t own a top-of-the-line phone, there are plenty ofscreen protectors available for more budget-friendly phones, like the Google Pixel 7a. It’s nifty when you can double-dip into saving your eyesight and your phone screen.
