FlashDim

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The flashlight on smartphones is one of those things that we now take for granted but which, until a few years ago, was a real innovation. In fact, many people carried small LED flashlights with them (perhaps on their key ring) so they could use them in times of need. Today, however, the flashlight is present on any smartphone and above all it can always be activated with extreme ease. What's missing, natively at least, is the ability to manage the lighting. And that's why we're telling you about FlashDim!

This application, very simple to use, allows you to do something very simple but which is missing on the vast majority of smartphones. FlashDim allows you to lower or increase the power of the light. In short, it transforms your smartphone flashlight into a light dimmable.

We use the term dimmable because perhaps it is a word that you may have already heard in domestic or non-domestic environments. It is a neologism that derives from the English word dimmer which identifies the electronic regulator used to control the power of the lights. It has entered common language for many years also in the Italianized version by adding the suffix -abile ¹.

Thanks to FlashDim therefore you can increase or decrease the light power of your flashlight. We find it a really intelligent idea and one that can be useful on many occasions: think for example if you have to enter a room where a child is sleeping and you don't want to let in too much light (as we know, small children often wake up with nothing).

FlashDim, increase or decrease the brightness of the flashlight

With FlashDim you can decide the power of the torch! Once you open the application you will be faced with two columns: on the left you will find five quick settings:

• SOS, the flashlight will shine brightly and signal an SOS in Morse code ²;
• maximum, to have the light on the 100%;
• half, to have it at 50%,
• minimum, to turn it on as low as possible;
• offto turn it off

In the right column you can instead decide how much it should light up by choosing any variation.

The application can also be inserted betweenquick access of your smartphone, i.e. among those at the top. This way you won't have to search for the app to use the flashlight but you can open it directly from there.

Let's find FlashDim a great application for daily use, as always, if you know of any other similar ones, don't hesitate to let us know!

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Alternatives to FlashDim

As often happens, we also suggest the alternative to the proposed alternative! In this case you could try using Flashlight Tiramisu su F-Droid is always Open source ³. This is a much simpler application, it only has one line that you can move from zero (torch off) to 100 (torch at maximum) according to your needs.

1. Dimmable on Treccani[↩]
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3. Flashlight Tiramisu on GitHub[↩]

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