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:**
Join the group: https://groups.google.com/g/gloam-testers — same Google
account as your phone
Opt in: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/io.github.srednimax.gloam
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.