In one of the latest updates, Microsoft allows us to activate a night mode on Xbox ; which becomes extremely useful to take care of our eyesight when we play in a dark space or with little light. An ideal option if we are sensitive to bright light or have some other kind of vision problem..
What is it for?
This mode was added to the Xbox Series X / S consoles and to the original Xbox One lineup after the October 2021 update. We won't be able to see the option until we update the console.
When we have the mode enabled, we can automatically dim the screen and even filter the blue light. HDR can also be enabled or disabled when night mode is activated, this is because this mode is generally too bright in dark environments..
It also makes adjustments to one of the most annoying aspects: the white lights of the Xbox logo on the controller and console.
How to turn on or enable Xbox Night Mode
Remember that we must have the console updated for this mode to appear. Once updated, we will find the mode in the settings menu. We will press the Xbox button and then we will go to the "Profile and system" tab, from here we start Settings..
Now we go to General> TV and screen options and we will select the night mode. In the drop-down box, we will choose this mode to decide whether to activate it, deactivate it or schedule it. If we leave this setting active all the time, the Xbox will always try to keep the environment dark.
If we select to schedule it, we can mark the option "Change at sunrise and sunset", the console will use the internet time to decide when to switch between standard and night mode.
On the left side, we can adjust the settings, including how much to dim the screen and how much blue light to filter, in the case of HDR, we will have to configure "allow" to leave HDR on or off.
Obviously, each of these apps can be completely disabled. So if we just want this mode to simply dim the controller's light, or if we want to disable blue light filtering, we have the options to configure everything in the way that is comfortable for us.
What does Xbox night mode affect?
This mode affects not only the main Xbox screen, but also various games and applications. This means that if we decide to disable HDR or dim the screen, the games will be affected. This mode will not affect the screenshots, nor the clips we record.