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I’m comfortable to announce the discharge of a brand new tvOS app referred to as Clean. It turns your display black and retains it that approach till you press any button on a distant. Critically, that’s all it does. Right here’s the display you see if you launch the app for the primary time:

That second paragraph hints at why that is necessary, regardless of the app’s simplicity.

Sleeping Nicely

As you become older, an excellent evening’s sleep turns into more durable to realize. One factor that works effectively for my spouse and me is to decrease mild ranges earlier than bedtime.

There was scientific proof of this since early within the final decade. Shiny mild can change your circadian rhythm and affect melatonin production, which might “potentially impact sleep, thermoregulation, blood pressure, and glucose homeostasis.”.

A giant ass display in the lounge makes this difficult to realize. If you wish to take heed to music or a podcast earlier than going to mattress, it’s not possible to keep away from a vivid now taking part in display or animated display saver.

So I wrote Clean as a approach to deal with this drawback. After all, it’s FREE so folks apart from me and my spouse can profit from it.

New & Improved

The primary model I submitted didn’t meet Guideline 4.2 for “Design – Minimal Performance”. Comprehensible, as a result of this app was principally the “anti-flashlight” and everyone knows how that performed out.

I took this preliminary rejection in stride and began engaged on an replace that added some minimal performance.

Once you launch the app, or press any button on the distant, you get a display with an inspirational quote. After you’ve had time to learn it, the message disappears, and the display goes black. It’s a pleasant addition and people who’re utilizing the app like it.

I’m glad I did this additional work, and it’s a case the place App Assessment helps a developer enhance their product. Right here’s what the quote display seems to be like:

After some back-and-forth with App Assessment, the app was accredited with these adjustments. Yay!

However That’s Not All!

An extra profit turned obvious after we began utilizing Clean: it considerably lowers the vitality consumption of the display.

All trendy TVs have circuits that detect a clean sign and switch off LEDs to scale back the ability required by the machine. Should you’ve ever felt warmth coming off your large display, Clean makes that go away.

So apart from bettering your sleep, you’re additionally serving to out our ever warming planet.

There Is None Extra Black

So there you might have it: one other addition to our ever rising listing of “little apps”. Simply open up the App Retailer in your Apple TV, seek for Clean, and click on to download the app for FREE.

Simple, beautiful, classic. Get pleasure from!