# Brick Night blocks selected apps automatically when users enter a room

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/bricks-new-app-blocker-is-designed-for-bedtime-doomscrolling/
- Published: 2026-10-23T12:50:17+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T13:13:18+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1017383/brick-night-app-blocker-gadget-bluetooth-launch
- Topics: Business, Companies, Gadgets, Software, Technology

## Key points

- Brick Night blocks selected apps automatically in a chosen room.
- It supports individual settings for multiple users.
- At $129, it costs more and lacks the original’s tap function.

## Summary

Brick has launched Brick Night, a $129 device that automatically blocks selected phone apps when users enter a chosen room, aiming to reduce bedtime doomscrolling. Its Bluetooth-based trigger removes the need to tap a phone against the device, so blocking can start without adding a step to a bedtime routine.

The original Brick costs $59 and requires a tap, while Brick Night uses two CR2477 batteries and supports a location zone of up to 25 by 25 feet. Multiple users can set their own blocked apps, modes, schedules and spaces. However, Brick Night costs more than twice as much as the original and lacks NFC, so it cannot also provide tap-based blocking.

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