How to calm your screen: brightness, blue light, flicker, motion

Updated 2026-11-02

Quick answerHow-to pages turn evidence topics into ordered steps you can follow in your operating system and browser. Every medical-sounding claim is cited, and hard limits such as panel PWM are stated up front. These comfort steps are not migraine treatment.
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Migraine Mode for Chrome – one switch applies a preset based on published studies to every tab (Alt+Shift+M). Try it 1 hour free, then $5/month or $19/year.

FAQ

Will these steps stop attacks?

There is no good evidence that screen tweaks alone prevent migraine attacks. They may reduce day-to-day discomfort.

Not a medical device and not medical advice. Migraine Mode is a screen-comfort tool: it does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent migraine or any other condition, and it does not replace a doctor. Its settings are based on studies of light, colour, flicker, patterns and motion; the extension itself has not been clinically tested. When to see a doctor.