Rain screen

How to use it

Start your music the way you normally would, in Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube or a record player, then come back here and press Go full screen. The controls fade away after a few seconds and the mouse pointer hides, so you’re left with just the rain. Move the mouse or tap the screen to bring the controls back, and press Esc to leave full screen. Lightning briefly flashes the screen, so it’s off unless you choose the Storm scene or switch it on, and it stays off on devices set to reduce motion.

Out in the street shows rain falling over the scene, with splashes and ripples on the wet ground. Through the window puts you indoors: drops land on the glass, gather, and run down in little streams while the lights outside blur. Each of the five scenes works with either view.

The rain sound is off to start with, because you’re probably playing your own music. Switch it on if you’d like a little rain under the music, or on its own for focus or sleep. With the sleep timer set, the rain and sound fade out gently over the last minute and a half, then everything stops and your screen is allowed to sleep.

Good places to put it

• A TV. Open this page in the TV’s browser, or cast a Chrome tab to it, and go full screen.
• A second monitor beside your work, for a calm backdrop while you write or study.
• A stream or a listening party. Set it up the way you like, press Copy rain-only link, and use that link as a browser source in OBS. It opens straight into the rain with no buttons, header or text.
• A tablet on the bedside table, with the clock on and a sleep timer set.