Auto dimming in low light environment

There appears to be no way to turn off this “feature “. Virtually unusable when dimmed.

Watch iOS watch 8.0. 12 mini iOS 15.

Posted on Sep 22, 2021 6:17 PM

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6 replies

Sep 22, 2021 6:20 PM in response to RipoffDipshit

I had the same issue happen on my iPhone 12 Pro Max I went into settings > Display & Brightness and turned on automatic and turned it back off and haven’t had the issue since.

Sep 22, 2021 6:55 PM in response to Alexander_7

The problem is on my Apple Watch SE on latest iOS

Sep 22, 2021 6:57 PM in response to RipoffDipshit

Sep 23, 2021 11:33 AM in response to Community User

As the first sentence of my original question said.

How do we get apple to make it optional and make the sensitivity adjustable?

Sep 24, 2021 2:03 AM in response to RipoffDipshit

Leave feedback.

Sep 23, 2021 1:28 AM in response to RipoffDipshit

This is the ambient light sensor kicking in,this adjusts your screen brightness to match the surrounding area,there is no setting or configuration for this.

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Auto dimming in low light environment