![]() ![]() In my experience, the brighter (and sharper) a screen is, the better I’m able to see it. While this can impact anyone, it’s especially critical to someone with a vision impairment. There’s an option to schedule Night Shift as well.) For more on why Night Shift is important and how it works, iMore has posted a good explainer on the feature.īroadly speaking, Night Shift is interesting accessibility-wise because of the way the appearance (brightness and/or resolution) of an iPhone or iPad’s screen can influence readability. ![]() (The display settings will revert to normal in the morning. What Night Shift does to combat this, according to Apple, is “use your iOS device’s clock and geolocation to determine when it’s sunset in your location.” After gathering that data, the software then “automatically shifts the colors in your display to the warmer end of the spectrum.” The end result is a display that’s easier on the eyes, thus hopefully making it easier to fall asleep. Apple explains in its marketing material for iOS 9.3 that a person’s circadian rhythm can be disrupted by the “bright blue light” emitted from an iPhone or iPad’s screen, making it difficult to fall asleep. The impetus for Night Shift is better sleep. ![]() That is to say, the version Craig Federighi talks about at the annual WWDC keynote.īefore getting into Night Shift’s accessibility merit, it’s worth examining why it exists. Generally, however, any significant additions or changes to the Accessibility feature set comes included with a major new version of iOS. In it, Apple added a Button Shapes option to Accessibility as a way to assuage users who have trouble distinguishing an actionable button from a text label. The other occurrence, in my mind, was iOS 7.1 beta 2, released in 2013. To my knowledge, the release of Night Shift in iOS 9.3 is only the second time in recent history Apple has updated iOS to include a change or feature that has potential accessibility ramifications. ![]()
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