Minimum screen brigtness

[liscon17]

Anyone else noticed or have this issue?

The minimum screen brightness is higher when you have the adaptive brightness turned off compared to having it on.

I was just laying in bed and I thought the phone looked way too bright even with the slider all the way to the left. I then went into the settings and turned adaptive brightness 'ON' and the screen became even darker.

I have Pixel 2 running April update. Anyone else able to confirm whether this is happening on their device?

 

[Joltcola1234]

The adaptive brightness seems to have its own profile for brightness vs just using the manual slider.

 

[liscon17]

The adaptive brightness seems to have its own profile for brightness vs just using the manual slider.

A bit annoying if so, if I want to control the brightness I should be able to control the entire range from minimum to max

 

[Billy Bob Jimmy Joe]

This has been a thing with Google phones - not just the Pixel 2. This has been my way of achieving minimum brightness since the Nexus 5. I do wish it can get even dimmer. I can't stand the amber night light.

 

[Theot]

Yes I have noticed this as well. Its why I have just gotten used to having adaptive brightness on all the time because when I go outside I want to be able to see the screen too and not have to manually adjust it when I can't see it.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

A bit annoying if so, if I want to control the brightness I should be able to control the entire range from minimum to max

Few years ago when I worked for Verizon I had numerous users come in unable to use their phone because it got set to minimum brightness, some thought their display broke. Kind of funny actually, but in reality if the screen is too dim you can't see it to turn brightness back up.

I assume Google doesn't want you setting the screen so dim you can't see to adjust it.

 

[L0n3N1nja]

This has been a thing with Google phones - not just the Pixel 2. This has been my way of achieving minimum brightness since the Nexus 5. I do wish it can get even dimmer. I can't stand the amber night light.

There are 3rd party apps that can further reduce screen brightness, I have one on my old Note 3, think it was called Twilight.

 

[LeoRex]

There are 3rd party apps that can further reduce screen brightness, I have one on my old Note 3, think it was called Twilight.

Yeah, tread lightly.. I used lux back in the day and one time I accidently set the minimum to the absolute minimum... Couldn't see the damn thing to turn it off, had to go into a pitch black room.

 

[TraderGary]

For those that say they can't see to adjust the screen...

Squeeze... "Set screen to 100 percent"

You don't need to see the screen. It works beautifully. I don't use Adaptive Brightness and it's what I always use.

 

[Theot]

For those that say they can't see to adjust the screen...

Squeeze... "Set screen to 100 percent"

You don't need to see the screen. It works beautifully. I don't use Adaptive Brightness and it's what I always use.

I'm going to have to try that. That said I don't like talking to my phone. I know, weird.

 

[Rukbat]

For those that say they can't see to adjust the screen...

Squeeze... "Set screen to 100 percent"

Leave it to someone to think outside the box. Great catch. Thanks. (Although about 20% seems bright enough in a normally lit room. Unfortunately "Set screen to 0%" still doesn't set it any darker than the slide.)

 

[TraderGary]

I'm going to have to try that. That said I don't like talking to my phone. I know, weird.

It all started with getting a free Google Mini when I bought my Pixel 2 XL. The only way to do anything with the Google Mini is to talk to it! Now talking to my devices has become second nature!

 

[TraderGary]

Leave it to someone to think outside the box. Great catch. Thanks. (Although about 20% seems bright enough in a normally lit room. Unfortunately "Set screen to 0%" still doesn't set it any darker than the slide.)

The 100% example was for when your outside on a sunny day and you can't see the screen to set anything. I'm usually around 50% indoors during the day and as low as 10% in really dim lighting.

 

[PowrDroid]

I don't talk to my phone much but I do say this almost every day:

In the morning: "Turn on adaptive brightness."
In the evening: "Set screen to 20%"

Works great.

 

[PowrDroid]

I don't talk to my phone much but I do say this almost every day:

In the morning: "Turn on adaptive brightness."
In the evening: "Set screen to 20%"

Works great.

I can get by on 15%.