Clocks go back on Sunday, November 1, and the evenings get dark early. Google's Pixel Phone Help says Dark theme, Night Light and Grayscale can help you use your phone at night and make it easier to fall asleep. Here's how to schedule each one, plus a bedtime option that dims your wallpaper.
Google notes that some of these steps only work on Android 14 and up.
Schedule Night Light
Night Light reduces your screen's blue color and can turn your screen red or amber. Google says blue light can make it harder to fall asleep.
- Open your phone's Settings app.
- Tap Display & touch > Night Light.
- To pick start and end times, tap Schedule:
- Turns on at custom time: enter your Start time and End time.
- Turns on from sunset to sunrise: this won't work if you turn off location services.
To stop it turning on automatically, tap Schedule > None.
Schedule Dark theme
- Open Settings.
- Tap Display & touch > Dark theme.
- Tap Schedule, then select Turns on at custom time, Turns on from sunset to sunrise, or Turns on at bedtime.
Google says apps that work with Dark theme might extend battery life. The bedtime option, in Android 13 and later, ties Dark theme to Bedtime mode.
Dim the wallpaper at bedtime
In Android 13 and later, you can dim your phone's wallpaper at bedtime:
- Open Settings.
- Tap Digital Wellbeing & parental controls.
- Tap Bedtime mode, then turn on Bedtime mode.
- Tap Customize > Screen options at bedtime.
- Turn on Dim the wallpaper.
Google also notes the wallpaper dims when battery saver is on.
Turn on Grayscale at bedtime
In the same Bedtime mode screen options, turn on Grayscale to switch the screen to black and white as you wind down.
For Bedtime mode to work properly, Google says to update the Digital Wellbeing app and turn on notifications for Digital Wellbeing.
Comfort View on Pixel 10
On Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL and Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Comfort View uses filters to give your screen a softer color:
- Open Settings.
- Tap Display & touch > Comfort filters.
- Turn Comfort View on or off. Turn on Adaptive to adjust intensity to your environment, or turn it off and use the Intensity slider.
Quick Settings
Google's tip: Dark theme, Night Light and Bedtime mode are available as Quick Settings, so you can toggle them without opening Settings.
A November evening setup
- Night Light: sunset to sunrise.
- Dark theme: at bedtime.
- Bedtime mode: dim the wallpaper and turn on Grayscale.
Troubleshooting
- Sunset schedule does nothing: turn on location services.
- Bedtime options missing: update Digital Wellbeing and turn on its notifications.
Going further with ScreenLux
ScreenLux is the wallpaper app I built, with 4K video wallpapers for Android 8.0 and up, and a dimmed bedtime wallpaper still looks good when the design is dark to begin with. The app installs a live wallpaper service that plays the video loop on the Home Screen. The winter and holiday styles are at customphonewallpapers.com. All artwork is created with generative AI tools.
ScreenLux is free to download and preview; subscription unlocks the full catalog and removes ads.
My team specializes in advanced generative AI art and video, and WatchLux and ScreenLux are where we apply it to the watch and the phone.
- Android: ScreenLux on Google Play
Sources checked (official help pages, Oct 22, 2026): Google Pixel Phone Help, "Change your screen color at night on a Pixel phone" (support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7169926)
Sean McCue, Founder, WatchLux and ScreenLux
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