adaptive brightness

[Tayloj92]

Is the adaptive brightness kind of wonky for anyone else? I have always used it on previous phones (note 5, V30) and it worked great. The pixel 2 though seems wonky. Either it doesn't get bright enough outside, or it's melting my eyes in the dark. Am I doing something wrong when I activate it or is it just wonky?

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Is the adaptive brightness kind of wonky for anyone else? I have always used it on previous phones (note 5, V30) and it worked great. The pixel 2 though seems wonky. Either it doesn't get bright enough outside, or it's melting my eyes in the dark. Am I doing something wrong when I activate it or is it just wonky?

I turned mine off and just adjust it as I need it.

 

[Tayloj92]

that's basically what I've come down too also.

 

[TraderGary]

Adaptive Brightness has never adapted to what I want brightness to be on any phone I've ever had, my Pixel 2 XL included.

I too just turn my Adaptive Brightness OFF and just use a quick verbal "Set Screen to xx percent" to fit whatever environment I'm currently in.

 

[GSDer]

Is the adaptive brightness kind of wonky for anyone else?

You could try something like Velis Auto Brightness https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.velis.auto.brightness - I've found it to work more reliably than the default adaptive brightness and you can customize the brightness curve based on your preferences.

 

[Nauga]

Is the adaptive brightness kind of wonky for anyone else? I have always used it on previous phones (note 5, V30) and it worked great. The pixel 2 though seems wonky. Either it doesn't get bright enough outside, or it's melting my eyes in the dark. Am I doing something wrong when I activate it or is it just wonky?

Yeah, there's something screwy & inconsistent about it, especially re. its response to bright outdoor light. I've been wondering if the two different brightness scales (AD - / AD +) don't somehow influence or limit or interfere with one another. Right now I have my 2 XL set to toggle between 42% with AD On and 14% with AD Off. Since I spend virtually all day indoors at work, I rarely have to mess with outdoor light, tho. Does it make any difference if you set the AD On % outdoors in bright sunlight instead of setting it to indoor lighting?

 

[Tayloj92]

Yeah, there's something screwy & inconsistent about it, especially re. its response to bright outdoor light. I've been wondering if the two different brightness scales (AD - / AD +) don't somehow influence or limit or interfere with one another. Right now I have my 2 XL set to toggle between 42% with AD On and 14% with AD Off. Since I spend virtually all day indoors at work, I rarely have to mess with outdoor light, tho. Does it make any difference if you set the AD On % outdoors in bright sunlight instead of setting it to indoor lighting?

Never really thought about it. I will try it.

 

[Tayloj92]

You could try something like Velis Auto Brightness https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.velis.auto.brightness - I've found it to work more reliably than the default adaptive brightness and you can customize the brightness curve based on your preferences.

Is there a noticeable battery hit? Or is it negligible?

 

[Kizzy Catwoman]

Is there a noticeable battery hit? Or is it negligible?

According to reviews that app doesn't work properly with oreo

 

[Mike Dee]

Ah... you think adaptive brightness is your ally? You merely adapted the brightness. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!

 

[GSDer]

According to reviews that app doesn't work properly with oreo

That app has had no issues on my Pixel 2 XL (8.1.0; April Security updates).

 

[GSDer]

Is there a noticeable battery hit? Or is it negligible?

It falls in the 'negligible' category in my book.

 

[Theot]

I have adaptive brightness on most of the time and set at 35% and find it to be really good for me in most situations. The only time I turn it off is when I'm watching a video or playing a game which I've found that you can have one setting for adaptive brightness and one for when you toggle it off. So when I toggle it off it jumps to 90% and when I toggle it back on it goes to 35% on adaptive.

 

[Tayloj92]

I have adaptive brightness on most of the time and set at 35% and find it to be really good for me in most situations. The only time I turn it off is when I'm watching a video or playing a game which I've found that you can have one setting for adaptive brightness and one for when you toggle it off. So when I toggle it off it jumps to 90% and when I toggle it back on it goes to 35% on adaptive.

Thanks, I'll give that a try I think maybe I'm just not used to how Google does A.B

 

[Joltcola1234]

the adaptive brightness is one of my least favorite things about the pixel 2xl. I love this phone, but the adaptive brightness just doesn't work all that well. it's very sensitive to changes in light level, which can cause it to change frequently. Better results generally come from adjusting it myself, but find that a bit inconvenient.

 

[Morty2264]

I've found my adaptive brightness to be not as effective as my Honor 8. Sometimes I have to manually change it on my own.

 

[GSDer]

it's very sensitive to changes in light level, which can cause it to change frequently.

That was my experience as well, which is why I turned it off and switched to the app I listed above.
I used to use an app called 'Display Brightness' which provided an overlay control on the screen which allowed me to adjust the brightness on the fly but it got dropped from the Google Play Store for some reason (bummer since I had the paid version) so I went with the one I recommended.

 

[Asfalloth]

I've had my pixel 2 XL on auto brightness since purchase day, at least four months, set around the 50% mark, never misses a beat in either bright sunlight or pitch black bedroom.

 

[Almeuit]

I keep it on and if I need to I adjust the slider.

 

[Mike Dee]

I've had my pixel 2 XL on auto brightness since purchase day, at least four months, set around the 50% mark, never misses a beat in either bright sunlight or pitch black bedroom.

I've been happy as well