14 DAY TRIAL // The blue light filter that was recently introduced by Microsoft on Windows 10 PCs will also arrive on Windows 10 Mobile devices, the software giant recently confirmed without providing any specifics on timing.
In a statement for Neowin, Dona Sarkar, the head of the Windows Insider program, has explained that the plan is indeed to bring the blue light filter on Windows phones, but for the moment, the company still wants to get it right and only then make it available to users.
Unlikely to come in the Creators Update
Dona says that the Windows team is already thinking in advance and some features are already on the table, suggesting that both the blue light filter and Continuum improvements would be introduced at some point. They’re just not ready yet, Dona stated, and the focus is now on quality, and not necessarily on trying to bring new features to the market as soon as possible.
“They're not in the builds yet. We're still trying to figure out when is the right time for them to be in the builds,” she said in a statement.
“We do know that these features are very important, so we want to unveil them at the right time for the audience... For us, it's all about the quality. We don't want to add features when we don't love the quality of the build yet, so we'd rather focus on building up quality than figuring out when to roll features.”
Blue light filters are already available on Android and iOS, both as integrated features and third-party options with apps in the store. f.lux, which is also available on Windows PCs (not on mobile), was one of the first apps to pioneer blue light filters on mobile, and its adventure on iOS was full of ups and downs, as it was removed from the Store by Apple and returned several times in the last few years.
For the moment, it’s not yet clear if the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update could bring the blue light filter on mobile devices, but there’s a good chance it won’t, especially because the OS update is said to be close to becoming feature-locked, meaning that no new features are being developed.