It’s no secret that staring at the digital screen from a close range all day long have negative effects on your eyes, after all, that’s what we’ve been taught because we were kids – ” don’t sit close to the TV” said my parents. and I know that they were not alone. fast forward to today, things haven’t changed much, it’s just smartphones instead of TV. practically everyone today spends many of their day (and night) staring at their smartphones. So the question is “does staring at your smartphone screen all day really damage your eyes?” short answer : yes. For a comprehensive answer head to this short article by digital trends.
Here are 5 surefire ways to safeguard your eyes while using smartphones :
1. adjust screen Brightness
The first and essential thing to do is to adjust your screen’s brightness according to your surrounding. setting the brightness too low or too much can tension your eyes and can cause problem maintaining focus. To adjust your smartphone’s brightness according to your environment, go to phone’s settings option, then to display, and turn on adaptive brightness. now the screen brightness will adjust automatically depending on the light around you. another option is to use an app that manages the screen brightness better than the default brightness settings. We have already made a list of such apps, head to this page to know about them.
2. Hold Your Smartphone at a Distance
This might seem a bit odd, holding your smartphone at a distance, but this trick can help lot. On average, an user hold its smartphone only about 8 inches from their face. try holding it at least 15 inches away from your eyes. If you feel any difficulty in reading texts you can always increase the size of texts from settings menu. This might seem awkward at first but once you get used to it, it will help for sure.
3. The 20-20-20 Rule
20-20-20 guideline is quite effective. What this guideline suggests is instead of staring at your screen all the time, take breaks on regular interval. After every 20 minutes of staring at your screen, take a break of 20 seconds, and look at something which is 20 feet away. Doing so results in relaxation of your eye muscles. know much more about 20-20-20 rule.
4. Blink, Blink, Blink
According to a study, we tend blink about a third less than we typically would when we stare at our smartphone screens. Blinking often keeps the eyes moist and decrease dryness. So keep your eyes moist by blinking while staring at your screen.
5. get Protective Coatings
In case you don’t know matte screen protector film or corning gorilla glass have anti-glare feature. If your phone doesn’t have that (which is very rare as many of the smartphones come with corning gorilla glass) you can purchase anti-glare coating and thoroughly put it on your phone’s screen. That ought to help decrease screen glare.
If you were glasses you can also get that anti-glare coating on your glasses.
So these are some suggestions that we suggest to safeguard your eyes. If you know of any other tip, do let us know in the comments.