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Blue light glasses have become popular over the past few years with the idea of ​​protecting our eyes screen application - but a new analysis shows that

Blue light from computer screens and smartphones stimulates eyes and can cause sleep problems — but a new analysis finds blue light blocking glasses may not be much help.

Spectacles that are marketed to filter out blue light probably make no difference to eye strain caused by computer use or to sleep quality, according to researchers, including one of Indian-origin.

Blue light-blocking eyewear has no effect on eye strain or sleep quality, according to an analysis of 17 randomized controlled studies. | Health

Blue-light filtering lenses, also known as blue-light blocking spectacles, have been increasingly prescribed or recommended, often by optometrists. 

It is also currently unclear whether these lenses affect vision quality or sleep-related outcomes...

Your pandemic-era blue light glasses might be just for show.

Adding a blue light-filter to your eyeglasses won’t ease computer eye strain or protect your sleep, according to a new review, but other actions can help.

Glasses which filter out blue-light probably make no difference to eye strain from computer use, according to a new Cochrane review of available evidence.

Blue light pumped out by computers and phones is said to be ruining our eyesight by causing us to strain. But academics from Britain and Australia claim the spectacles probably make no difference.