Instagram videos brightness increasing

Guys it’s not anything big or malfunction it’s just that Instagram just added Dolby vision HDR video support for reels for some users probably that’s why you see increased dynamic range in display for some reels and all other stuff and UI elements colours gets washed out cuz they are in SDR against an HDR video. It was a simple logic.

If you enable Low Power Mode it removes the HDR. You could try to create automation to enable LPM at night.

Hello!

Maybe I found a way:

Turn on Low Battery Mode and it won’t be super bright that way, it helped me.

Unfortunately I can’t find (maybe because there isn’t) anything else to turn it off.

-Tommy

Thanks for the update, John,

If the issue is exclusive to specific features of the Instagram app, we would next suggest using the guidance in If an app on your iPhone or iPad stops responding, closes unexpectedly, or won’t open - Apple Support to troubleshoot the app itself. While the title of the article doesn't match your issue exactly, the steps included still address a variety of unexpected behaviors an app might exhibit.

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I'm pretty sure this is just HDR because it does the same thing with HDR videos in your camera roll. IG and YouTube probably added support for HDR on Apple devices.

Settings -> Accessibility -> Display & text size -> Switch reduce white point ON and set at lowest setting of 25%.

simple, battery setting, just turn on your low battery power mode

Same. The HDR/Dolby Vision is very frustrating because I don't want the lighting of my phone change when I look at videos. I have the ability to turn it off for the videos I take, but not the ones I see on Instagram. I hope they change it, cause it's annoying.

I’ve noticed this for a while and I’m glad I found this thread and now know that I’m not the only person noticing this. I’ve read elsewhere in this thread that it may be an HDR feature in iOS.

Whatever it is, it needs to be nixed ASAP. I’ll be lying in bed scrolling on 5-10% brightness, then all of a sudden a bright, flashy instagram video will decide to illuminate to 100% brightness. Immediately have to scroll to make it go away or close apps. It’s way too powerful, causes painful strain to the eyes. Please remove ASAP

This is also happening in the Ipad pro 5th gen. It happens on twitter, instagram, reddit, etc. It`s really annoying and surely a IOS bug (and not app related as some people said).

For me all these settings are disabled. Even then I am facing this problem. Seems like a bug.

I also have the same issue, it only happened to some random reels, and it’s kinda disturbing. Mine’s 11 pro max by the way

Happens only for few videos. Sent the same video to my other iPhone. Even on that same issue.

I’m aware of what it is, I figured it out when YouTube kept doing it. The problem is that it should not happen against the users will. If I want my phone to be bright, I will make it bright.

The “reduce white point” tip worked for me, thanx so much. I hate the videos that go bright enough to burn into your soul!