Black Screen: video screen off

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About this app

🎬 Play videos with screen off using Black Screen, a lightweight black screen overlay for Android that lets audio keep playing while your display turns black. Enjoy an audio-only mode experience for music videos, podcasts, streams, and long playback sessions.

🔋 Battery saver for AMOLED & OLED
Black Screen displays pure black, which can help reduce power usage on AMOLED and OLED devices (black pixels draw little to no power). It’s a simple way to save battery while listening.

🕶️ Privacy Mode (Peep Protection)
In public? Enable Privacy Mode to instantly hide on-screen content and prevent shoulder-surfing — while the app underneath keeps running.

⚡ One-tap Screen Off with Floating Button
Use the floating button to turn the screen black anytime. Tap to return quickly — perfect when you want to keep audio playing without the bright display.

✨ Best uses
• Play videos with screen off (audio continues)
• Listen to podcasts or music with a black screen overlay
• Watch live streams while reducing glare
• Night mode comfort, less brightness in dark rooms
• Record videos / take selfies with display black (device support may vary)

✅ Key Features
• Floating Button: Quick toggle for black screen / screen off
• Pure Black option: True black overlay for AMOLED/OLED
• Battery saver: Helps reduce display power usage on compatible screens
• Privacy Mode (Peep Protection): Hide content instantly in public
• Pocket Mode: Prevent accidental touches (no ghost taps)
• Always-On Display option: Keep essential info visible while black screen is active
• Customizable: Adjust styles, button, and display options

🧭 How to use
1) Start a video, podcast, or stream
2) Open Black Screen and tap Start
3) Use the Floating Button anytime to enable screen off / blackout
4) Tap to return to your app
5) Open Black Screen and tap Stop to disable

⚠️ Important
Black Screen is not a lock-screen app. It’s a black screen overlay shown on top of the app you’re using. This helps reduce screen brightness/activity and can help save battery on AMOLED devices.

🚀 Try Black Screen for a cleaner screen off experience — listen more, glare less, save battery.

Ratings and reviews

Feature wise, the app is great. It does exactly what I need it to do. But the ads displayed at start up are annoying - especially the full screen ads. And the paid version for removing ads is way too expensive. Even with the current half price sale, the price is more than I'd be willing to pay for such a relatively simple app. Still, I suppose it is better than the apps that now want to change monthly fees forever. Personally, I think $3.99 to $4.99 would be the most I'd be willing to pay.

Better than most! But the bright clock is annoying. Often apps have settings where you can change the clock's 'color and brightness.' Would be better instead of a white clock you can change the settings for a very dark color to simulate a complete black screen. A near black-blue a near black!-brown color instead of a white clock. This would give a better impression of a complete blaxk screen. People aren't interested in time!

The problem with it not working has gotten worse since my original review, not better! When it works, it's very handy... but the trigger that turns the screen black tends to disappear a lot, forcing me to go to the app to get it back. It would be better if that circle trigger was always available so I could black my screen quickly and with one hand. It's inconvenient to have to go to the app so often.

What’s new

We’re always making changes and improvements to Black Screen. To make sure you don’t miss a thing, just keep your Updates turned on.
In this update:
- Added Peeping Protection Mode
- Added Statistics
- Added Battery Percentage
- Added Biometric Authentication
- Added Black Screen in Quick Tiles to quickly enable and disable
- Fixed crashes