Pixel Night Light mode filters blue light emitting from the screen, which helps you read in dim light without eyestrain. It is a proven fact that blue light emitting from phone’s display affects sleeping, work quality and eyestrain. Night Light is designed to give users a good night’s sleep. It is a core system function of Pixel, but you can enable it on Nexus 5X too.

Thanks to the XDA member Tulsadiver for the official Night Light MOD, you can enable it on Nexus 5X by flashing with TWRP. Not just Night Light, it will also add a host of other mods, such as statusbar, navbar, etc. to Nexus 5X. See full list below. – Night Light enabled – 36 dip Navbar – 3 Minit battery – Full four way screen rotation – Battery percentage in text format – Internet speed – 4 column QS tiles – System UI Tuner with Navbar adjustment and brightness bar removal options – Invisible power menu button in far right hand corner of statusbar Interested Nexus 5X owners check out the installation instruction given below. Note that your device should be running on Android 7.1.1 Nougat and TWRP recovery installed on the phone. Note: You can bring Night Light Mode to any Android phone with F.lux app [details here] or there are several apps on Play store, such as Twilight, Lux Auto Brightness, etc. to bring Night mode on Android without root access. Downloads – 3 Minit resources app.apk [HERE] [Source] – Disable signature check.zip [HERE] – Stock battery base.zip [HERE]

How to Install Pixel Night Light Mod on Nexus 5X

  1. Transfer all the three downloaded files (link above) to your Nexus 5X
  2. First, install ‘3 Minit resources app’ APK on your phone
  3. Now, boot your Nexus 5X into TWRP recovery
  4. In recovery, select ‘Install’ and flash ‘Disable signature check’ zip file. Once done, select ‘Wipe’ and wipe dalvik cache, then reboot your phone.
  5. Once again reboot your Nexus 5X into TWRP recovery, select ‘Install’ and flash ‘Stock battery base’ zip file.
  6. Once done, reboot your Nexus 5X. You have now installed Night Light and other mods on your Nexus 5X. Check out the guide below to know how to enable Night Light. How to enable Night Light on Nexus 5X
  7. Pull down the Notification shade on your Nexus 5X.
  8. Tap on the edit icon (pencil) on the top bar.
  9. In ‘Drag to add tiles section’, you will see Night Light. Just drag and drop it into the active tiles menu. Now, you can enable or disable Night Light from the quick settings menu. For more discussion about this, head over to the XDA thread here. (Source)