Always On Display Too Bright!

[toenail_flicker]

Lol I feel ya. AOD ain't for everyone. But I got hooked on it with the note7. And it's better on note8. And I love watching the the edges light up. My fiance says I look like a kid looking at some light up toy in amazement lol. I like to be able to just look at phone to see time etc without having to touch it sometimes.

I ask my Echo Dot what time it is. and what the weather is and so many things. much quicker than my phone and it's almost everywhere I am from room to room without moving my phone. I like that. I can do all the same things in the app, but then I have to pickup my phone. lol

 

[Jewels81]

I ask my Echo Dot what time it is. and what the weather is and so many things. much quicker than my phone and it's almost everywhere I am from room to room without moving my phone. I like that. I can do all the same things in the app, but then I have to pickup my phone. lol

Lol. Ok call me behind or slow lol but what is a Echo Dot?

 

[toenail_flicker]

Lol. Ok call me behind or slow lol but what is a Echo Dot?

It's a home automation device for me and a sales tool for Amazon

 

[Jewels81]

It's a home automation device for me and a sales tool for Amazon

Oh is that round thing on commercial where they telling alexa to do something? It's black and blue

 

[toenail_flicker]

Oh is that round thing on commercial where they telling alexa to do something? It's black and blue

yeah. that. I use it for controling lights and appiances, information and lists and reminders... so many things. helped me out when I had two surgeries in a month's time.

 

[Jewels81]

yeah. that. I use it for controling lights and appiances, information and lists and reminders... so many things. helped me out when I had two surgeries in a month's time.

Yikes. Sorry to hear that. Hope all is well now. Yeah I like the commercials. I thought about getting one

 

[chyeo1979]

i find it too dim, it was too dim on my note 7 and my note 8 plus. i had no idea it was tied to the main screen brightness.

I remember my AOD was too dim on my Note 7 until it's almost useless in daytime. Note 8 one is good so far, bright and visible

 

[Kenneth Frierson]

I just wanted to say I had the opposite issue my Always on display in the morning was too dim. That is why I wanted to see if there was a to change the brightness...Then for reason I pick up a flashlight to see the display and it became bright again...so I guess it's light sensitive but about 10 or 15 seconds late became dim again...Just had my Note 8 for a few says not sure if this the normal behavior.

 

[Nakrohtap]

I think there are should be an offset adjustment with the AOD. It would still auto dim, but maybe have a few different options brightness settings for users to select.

 

[Dhawk1202]

I just wanted to say I had the opposite issue my Always on display in the morning was too dim. That is why I wanted to see if there was a to change the brightness...Then for reason I pick up a flashlight to see the display and it became bright again...so I guess it's light sensitive but about 10 or 15 seconds late became dim again...Just had my Note 8 for a few says not sure if this the normal behavior.

This is my problem. My auto brightness will be maxed but yet my AOD is super dim where I can't see it. Something wrong with that I think.

 

[Mgault]

This is my problem. My auto brightness will be maxed but yet my AOD is super dim where I can't see it. Something wrong with that I think.

I agree. I dont understand why sometimes it is bright and other times it is dim and now sometimes it is off. Takes about ten seconds to come on. Thought it is called always on, why is it off sometimes?

 

[Baby_Doc]

If you are concerned about you AOD being too bright that it will be consuming too much of your battery capacity, you have a few simple options:

1. Turn it completely off in the Display settings.

2. Place it on a schedule to only work at night when you may want to use as a clock next to your bed.

3. Place your phone face down when you aren't using your phone. The AOD will automatically turn off.

4. Put the phone in a pocket, purse, drawer, or in a holster with the screen facing inward, and the AOD will turn off. Removing your phone from any of these to check the time, notifications, etc, and your display automatically turns back on.

I keep my N8 in a holster. I like that when I remove, it my AOD is bright enough to see under any lighting conditions.

(My wife's LgG6 has an AOD that is way too dim, IMO, to easily see even at night.)

 

[irock1985]

If you are concerned about you AOD being too bright that it will be consuming too much of your battery capacity, you have a few simple options:

1. Turn it completely off in the Display settings.

2. Place it on a schedule to only work at night when you may want to use as a clock next to your bed.

3. Place your phone face down when you aren't using your phone. The AOD will automatically turn off.

4. Put the phone in a pocket, purse, drawer, or in a holster with the screen facing inward, and the AOD will turn off. Removing your phone from any of these to check the time, notifications, etc, and your display automatically turns back on.

I keep my N8 in a holster. I like that when I remove, it my AOD is bright enough to see under any lighting conditions.

(My wife's LgG6 has an AOD that is way too dim, IMO, to easily see even at night.)

Either way it would be better if they would just let us adjust it to our own personal preferences or at least have more steps in it than all the way dim and all the way bright

 

[JoeMommaAndroid]

Either way it would be better if they would just let us adjust it to our own personal preferences or at least have more steps in it than all the way dim and all the way bright

Totally agree. Just add a slider control to the AOD app.
For me, I notice that in a dark room, like by my bedside AOD is too bright.
In bright sunlight it gets very dim to the point I can't see it! Sitting on my desk in medium light it is too bright and consuming 4% of battery. I have auto brightness set in my display settings. So yes, Samsung, just give us the control in AOD.

 

[JoeMommaAndroid]

Actually, changing the main display brightness has no effect on AOD at all for my Note 8, Android Oreo 8. So no control over AOD's brightness from what I can see.

 

[chanchan05]

Did they not add the AOD brightness controller on the Note 8? The S9 has it.

 

[aldo82]

Did they not add the AOD brightness controller on the Note 8? The S9 has it.

Don't think so. That would be great if it had it. Much needed!

 

[chanchan05]

It's supposed to come up on double tap of the clock on AOD. A slider on the bottom. If not, it might come later.

Don't think so. That would be great if it had it. Much needed!