Samsung Brings Safety Screen App For Children Who Use Phones Excessively

Kids can now use phones as much as they like without worrying about eyesight hazards thanks to Samsung's new app, Safety screen.

Samsung Electronics Corporation Limited has proved that it does not just bring the best smartphones and other gadgets in the market, but cares about the effect they put on people as well. The same cannot be said for all the companies out there. The smartphone maker has now launched a new application called Safety Screen that will protect children’s eyes when they are playing video games on their phones. 

The South Korean tech giant new application will help in stopping vision damage of any kind from prolong use of tablets and mobile phones. It comes as a surprise to many older people when they see the rising number of children wearing spectacles, which is a result of excessive use of electronic devices, such as smartphones and tablets. Parents are always concerned about the eyesight of their children when they see them using phones and tablets excessively. Samsung has come up with a solution for this via their new application. 

Safety screen works by using facial recognition, which helps it to verify the distance of the user's eyes from the phone or the tablet. If the application detects that the user’s eyes are dangerously close to the screen of the device, it will shut the device down automatically with a pop up of a tiny alien’s picture on it, informing the user that the device they are using is too close and that they should use it with proper distance. The application is going to run in the background throughout and will prevent teens and children from damaging their eyes. Since it is going to be in the background, none of the normal usage of the user will be affected by the application.

It does not stop here, if children try to disable the application, parents can even set a password and a username, which would prevent children from being able to stop the application from working. The Galaxy maker’s application is a handy tool for parents, who have been concerned for far too long, and can now be downloaded from Google Play Store. The app is only available for Android; sadly, the IOS users will have to stick to the old ways for now. The distance is going to be different for all the devices according to their shapes and sizes. The recommended safe distance is 25cm. 

Samsung clearly does not hesitate when it comes to giving its users the best possible application out there today. Samsung Pay App, after proving to be huge success, is now being launched in several other countries including Singapore.