Adaptive Brightness question

[Joltcola1234]

Does anyone know if the manual brightness slider has any effect on the adaptive brightness settings?

I feel like if I move the brightness slider to 0% with adaptive turned on, when I'm in a fully dark space the screen gets darker then if I have the brightness slider at say, 50%.

Maybe this is just me? Not sure. Since the adaptive brightness adjusting doesn't actually move the slider at all, I'm not sure what I like it set at. Of course if having adaptive turned on is just completely separate from the slider I suppose it doesn't matter.

Pixel 2 XL

 

[jasonandrews25788]

the adaptive brightness has its own parameters so the slider affects the brightness slightly.

 

[LeoRex]

With adaptive brightness turned on, the slider is adjusting relative to the ambient light. When it is turned off, it is absolute, and does not rely at all on how much light is seen.

 

[Joltcola1234]

With adaptive brightness turned on, the slider is adjusting relative to the ambient light. When it is turned off, it is absolute, and does not rely at all on how much light is seen.

Yes, I am aware of how it works.

Coming from my old G5 though, when the ambient light would adjust you could actually see the slider moving if you had the brightness open. With the Pixel 2 XL the slider never moves even when the brightness adjusts.

If I set the slider at 50% and turn adaptive brightness on, the brightness adjusts based on lighting but the slider itself never reads anything other then 50%.

I've noticed that where you set the slider has an effect on how the adaptive brightness works though. If I leave the slider at 0-30% then adaptive brightness when in a totally dark room will adjust down to 0% brightness. However, if I leave the slider at anything above 30% the adaptive brightness will not drop the phone to 0% in a totally dark room.

I find the way this works to be kind of confusing, I'm not sure why they didn't keep the brightness as one profile and just adjust as needed with adaptive or manual adjustments.

I find that 0% brightness in a totally dark room is a little bit too dark for my tastes as some things are still a bit hard to see. So I'm trying to decide where I'd like to keep the slider so that when the phone dims down it doesn't dim down lower then I'd like.

 

[LeoRex]

If I set the slider at 50% and turn adaptive brightness on, the brightness adjusts based on lighting but the slider itself never reads anything other then 50%.

Correct... And your are right in that it is a totally different approach. Rather than have a 1:1 map between screen luminosity and ambient light, you are selecting a profile... Do you prefer it to be darker or brighter, but still adjusting to the light.

If it was up to me, I'd go one step farther... Have it learn from your usage patterns.. I like it at 50% in a dark room but full in bright light, so it would adjust to those trends. Sort of how tools like Lux worked.

But I prefer over the traditional static brightness settings must phones used.

 

[Theot]

So I've been playing with mine the last four days and I've found that setting the slider at 30% and adaptive brightness on works pretty good for me. Still seems to get plenty bright enough outside and fairly dim at night. It was to bright on 50%>

 

[Joltcola1234]

So I've been playing with mine the last four days and I've found that setting the slider at 30% and adaptive brightness on works pretty good for me. Still seems to get plenty bright enough outside and fairly dim at night. It was to bright on 50%>

30% means it gets a bit too dim at night for my tastes, some darker content is just a bit to hard to see/read.

I'm currently at 45% on the slider with adaptive brightness on, I'm having a hard time getting it just right and to my liking!

 

[GSDer]

I'm having a hard time getting it just right and to my liking!

Perhaps you should try something like Velis Auto Brightness https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.velis.auto.brightness - it allows you to customize your own profile. YMMV.

 

[Joltcola1234]

Thanks for the suggestion, I think I'll stick with the stock adaptive for now though. just need to find the right range that works best for me.