Dangers of Sleeping with Phone Under Pillow

Many people put their phones under their pillows while sleeping, but this habit can cause serious problems. 

From overheating and battery damage to sleep disruption and even safety risks, your phone can do more harm than good in bed. Keep reading to find out why you should avoid this common but risky practice.

• Avoid charging your phone under your pillow to prevent dangerous overheating.
  
  

• Wireless charging under a pillow increases fire risk due to trapped heat.
  
  

• Sleeping with your phone under the pillow can speed up battery drain and damage.
  
  

• Phone vibrations and radiation near your head can disrupt deep sleep and affect ear health.
  
  

• Keep phones away from children at night to protect their developing brains and reduce anxiety.

• Phones get hot when trapped under pillows: Your phone can overheat under a pillow because there’s no airflow, and the pillow and blanket hold in the heat.

• Charging makes your phone even hotter under the pillow: Charging, especially wireless charging, causes your phone to produce more heat, which gets trapped in the tight space.

• Heat buildup can damage your phone and cause danger: Too much heat can make the battery swell, spark, or in rare cases, catch fire.

• Charging your phone under the pillow is unsafe: Keeping your phone under the pillow while charging overnight risks your phone and your safety.

• Phones under pillows trap heat and cause batteries to get too hot: Sleeping with your phone under your pillow blocks airflow and traps heat, causing the battery to overheat, especially during overnight charging.

• Charging phones under pillows makes fires more likely: Many phone fires happen while charging, and the heat gets worse when the phone is pressed against flammable things like pillows.

• Phones charging under pillows have caused real fires: There are real cases where pillows caught fire from phones charging underneath, so it’s safer not to keep phones under pillows while charging.

Wireless charging generates heat, and placing your phone under a pillow traps this heat, raising the phone’s temperature. 

This increases the risk of overheating, discomfort, burns, and even fire since pillows are flammable. 

To keep both you and your device safe, it’s best to charge your phone in an open, well-ventilated area rather than under a pillow. 

Sleeping with your phone under a pillow traps heat and blocks ventilation, making the battery work harder and drain faster. 

Additionally, your phone continues searching for signal and running background apps, which also consume power. 

Charging under the pillow can cause overheating and damage the battery over time. Overall, this habit speeds up battery drain and harms your device.

Phone vibrations under your pillow cause small interruptions that can prevent deep sleep by causing micro-awakenings. 

Even mild vibrations are enough to wake you or disrupt your sleep cycle, leading to sleep fragmentation. Over time, this results in feeling tired and less refreshed in the morning. 

Electromagnetic radiation from phones placed close to your head can irritate your ears and worsen existing tinnitus. 

The small vibrations from the phone may also trigger ringing in your ears. While direct damage is not conclusively proven, experts warn that prolonged exposure could harm ear health. Keeping your phone away while you sleep helps protect your ears. 

Children’s thinner skulls let more phone radiation pass through, making them more vulnerable than adults. 

Their developing brains absorb more radiation, which can interfere with sleep and growth. Younger children are particularly sensitive due to rapid brain development. 

For this reason, keeping phones away from children while they sleep is important for protecting their developing minds.

Having your phone under your pillow can harm sleep quality and increase anxiety. Notifications and the habit of checking the phone keep your brain active when it should be winding down, maintaining high stress levels. 

For sensitive people, this can worsen anxiety and create a cycle of poor sleep and stress. Putting your phone away at night helps your mind and body relax.