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Venkatesh Author

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Brightness adjustment for Studio Display with Windows 10 laptop through Thunderbolt 3

Hi all,

As im currently working from home, I use windows laptop (Lenovo Thinkpad P53) for work. I’m planning to purchase the Studio Display as an external monitor to use both on my work laptop (windows 10) and MacBook Pro.

I knew that Pro Display XDR did not have support to change the brightness when connected to a Windows machine. Is this the same situation with this new monitor as well?

If so do we have any workaround to make the brightness adjustment possible on windows machine connected with Apple Studio monitor?

Posted on Mar 18, 2022 2:24 PM

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ItsTommy27

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Posted on Mar 29, 2022 3:22 PM

I tested out the theory today when connecting the displays to a Windows PC. Prior to connecting the Windows PC, I set the brightness of each display using my Mac. Then I unplugged the Mac and plugged up the PC. Sure enough, the brightness remained at the same level as previously set using the Mac. Woohoo!

The issue remains that I cannot change the brightness directly on the Windows PC itself (don't think that's doable - or at least not yet). If I wanted to change the brightness, I'd have to hook up the Mac again, change the brightness to the desired level, and reconnect the PC. So you're stuck needing a Mac one way or another! Also tried connecting an iPad Pro to see the brightness could be changed that way, but that didn't work either... and funny enough I would imagine that an iPad would be capable of doing this considering it's an Apple device running the latest iPadOS.

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