How to Use Night Shift and Low Power Mode at the Same Time

How to Use Night Shift and Low Power Mode at the Same Time
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As is typically the case when Apple releases major software update for its iOS mobile operating system, the company follows up, shortly thereafter, with a subsequent, minor update to address certain bugs and patches for issues that were present in the original release.

We saw this just recently, for instance, when the Cupertino-company brought its highly-anticipated iOS 9.3 update to the table — featuring the all-new Night Shift functionality, among other things. Apparently, however, there were still issues with that update, which is why Apple subsequently released iOS 9.3.1 just 10 days later.

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And although the iOS 9.3.1 update, in essence, is more of a “Band-Aid” than anything else — primarily providing a few stability improvements and bug fixes throughout the system, just recently, a cool new trick has been discovered within the new build — one that wasn’t present in the original release, of course, but is certainly a welcomed addition, nonetheless.

If you don’t recall, Apple’s Night Shift feature — a custom light filtering protocol that’s scientifically proven to facilitate healthy sleep patterns — was one of the cornerstone advancements of the iOS 9.3 software update. However, upon launch, there was no way to run the all-new feature in conjunction with iOS’ low-power mode. This was perhaps a strange move on Apple’s part, primarily because Night Shift is generally used during the night time hours — in other words, when our iPhone batteries are expected to be at their lowest capacity of the day.

Fortunately, however, whether it be the result of a technical mishap, or Apple simply coming to its senses, the ability to enable both Night Shift and low-power mode, simultaneously, has been discovered in iOS 9.3.1 — however, to do so requires a sort of unconventional manipulation of your device’s settings.

Take a look at the process, as outlined below, to see how it’s done — and make sure to check out the video demonstration for clarification purposes if you get stuck!

With iOS 9.3.1 Installed, Follow These Steps to Enable Nightshift + Low Power Mode:

1.) First and foremost, enable Low Power Mode by going to Settings > Battery > Low Power Mode, and then switching the toggle on On.

2.) Once that’s all set, you’ll want to initiate Siri, and ask her to “Enable Night Shift,” at which point, she will reply, saying, “In order to turn on Night Shift, I’ll have to turn off Low Power Mode. Shall I continue?”

3.) This is where it gets a bit tricky.. After you reply, indicating, “Yes,” you should press the sleep button right away — prior to your response being confirmed by Siri’s confirmation beep.

4.) Providing you executed step 3 accurately, once you unlock your iPhone, you should see that both Night Shift and Low Power Mode are enabled simultaneously under the Settings menu.

We told you this was a bit, uhh, unconventional, didn’t we? A hallmark indication of this trick is that Night Shift will appear greyed out, as an option, under both Settings and in the Control Center. However, that doesn’t really matter, either way, because you can still manually control both Night Shift and Low Power mode as you normally would.

Oddly enough, this appears to be more of a software glitch, in and of itself, as opposed to a purposeful, thought out remedy on Apple’s end. After all, just consider the steps you have to go through in order to make this happen, right?

Even still, it’s definitely something Apple should have thought of when it originally released iOS 9.3; however, even though it didn’t, this is still a welcomed trick.

Learn More: How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad

Have you updated your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch to iOS 9.3.1 yet? What do you think about this trick? Let us know in the comments below.

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