Google Play Books Now Has a Blue Light Filter, But There Are Better Options

Google rolled out a blue light filter feature for Google Play Books a few days ago. You can now install the latest version of GPB for iOS or Android and use Night Light, as the feature is named, but I don't think there's any hurry to do so. I installed the new Google Play Books Android app last night, and tested it while I was trying the Fire tablet's new Blue Shade feature. And frankly, I'm not impressed. Google's feature is so simple that it strikes me as a "me-too" addition rather than a planned feature. Night Shade is an automatic filter that adjusts with the time of day. There's a single switch to toggle it on and off (look in the font/formatting menu) but no way to adjust the color, strength, or what have you. You can just turn it on or off, and that's it. When you do turn it on, you won't see anything for most of the day, but as the evening progresses into night your screen will look more and more like the screenshot at right. Both screenshots were taken with a white background; I didn't think to try the other backgrounds, sorry. That's not much of a blue light filter, [...]

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