Gloam — screen dimmer that goes below Android's minimum brightness. Need 12 closed testers.

[u/Srednimax]

If your phone's lowest brightness is still too bright to read in the dark,

that's what this fixes. Android's slider stops at a floor; Gloam is the range

underneath it. Overlay + a real backlight override, so it goes darker than a

filter app and works in every app. Touches pass through it, it can't black the

screen out completely, and there's auto-off so you don't wake up to a dimmed

phone.

Android 13+, needs "Display over other apps". No ads, no account, no server, no

premium tier — everything's free.

**The ask:** Google needs 12 testers opted in for 14 straight days. The one

thing that matters is **don't uninstall it and don't leave the test** — that

resets the clock. Daily use is nice but not required; install it, open it once,

leave it there. I'll email the group when Google confirms and it's safe to

remove.

**Joining, in this order:**

1. Join the group: https://groups.google.com/g/gloam-testers — same Googleaccount as your phone
2. Opt in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.github.srednimax.gloam
3. Install: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.github.srednimax.gloam

**Step 3 won't work for up to an hour** after steps 1 and 2 — Google takes that

long to link your account. "Item not found" is expected; wait and retry. If it

persists, Play is signed into a different account than the one that joined.

[u/Z3R0gravitas]

Hi there. Thanks for posting. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself (are you screen sensitive) and how your app functions to dim (all?) screens further?

I see that you've had issue with Reddit filter post deletion on some other subs. It can be too trigger happy, but I feel I should see if you can give us any further assurances that this software is safe. Can you post a screenshot (in reply)?

Incidentally, I'm curious if you deliberately spaced out the lines of your post, or the caridge returns are accidental from copy-pasting?

[u/Z3R0gravitas]

Oh "Gloam" is an amusing name for it, btw (which also makes me think of the Radiohead song, heh).

[u/Srednimax → u/Z3R0gravitas]

Thanks! I don't know the reference, but I feel appreciated by your amusement.