# Brick Night blocks your phone in the bedroom

> A new Bluetooth device automatically locks distracting apps when you enter your bedroom, building on Brick's app-blocking success.
- Title: Brick Night blocks your phone in the bedroom · Fastcompany
- Summary: A new Bluetooth device automatically locks distracting apps when you enter your bedroom, building on Brick's app-blocking success. Brick Night, launched…
- Keywords: brick, brick night, screen time, sleep, app blocking, smartphone, bluetooth, productivity, Night, blocks, phone, bedroom
- Source: Fastcompany — https://fastcompany.com/91628593/brick-night-bedtime-screentime
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- Topics: brick, brick night, screen time, sleep, app blocking, smartphone, bluetooth, productivity
## Brick expands beyond the tap
Brick, the NFC-enabled app-blocking tool launched in September two thousand twenty-three, has become popular for limiting screen time. The company now enters the bedroom with Brick Night.
## Brick Night launches October twenty-second
Brick Night is the company's second product, designed to make cutting smartphone distraction effortless by removing the need to tap your phone at all.
## How Brick Night works
The device uses Bluetooth to block apps on a phone when the user enters their bedroom or any room they choose. Users select which apps to block and set a duration.
## Cofounder on boundaries
Brick cofounder TJ Driver says boundaries work best when built into your life. Protecting physical spaces was a natural next step for the company.

> boundaries work best when they're built into your life
## Why the bedroom matters
For Driver, the bedroom was the clear place to start. The device tackles growing issues from phone use at night affecting sleep quality.
## Americans sleep with phones
Around eighty-seven percent of Americans sleep with their phones in the bedroom, a habit that can significantly affect sleep quality.
## One hour of phone use increases insomnia risk
Researchers have found that just one hour of phone use in bed can increase the risk of insomnia by fifty-nine percent.
## Automatic blocking removes friction
Once Brick Night detects a phone nearby, selected apps become inaccessible for the chosen duration without requiring any action from the user.
## Building on user feedback
After years of using Brick and talking with users, the company identified that protecting physical spaces was the natural next step forward.
## Extending the Brick approach
Brick Night extends the simplicity of Brick's flagship product into the bedroom, removing the need to tap your phone to activate app blocking.
## Key takeaway

Brick Night, launched October twenty-second, uses Bluetooth to automatically block apps when users enter their bedroom, extending the company's screen-time control approach to nighttime routines.