Apple watch Ultra brightness in low light conditions

Same here. It auto adjusts to ambient light level, regardless of setting. The levels it chooses while indoors are too dim for me, can’t read it. Seems an extra wrist flick gets it to full bright, but it subsides soon after again. Returning it tomorrow.

You cannot compare an Apple Watch 3 to an Apple Watch Ultra. The Ambient Light Sensor is auto adjusting the screen in low light settings, as it's designed and supposed to work. You could if you want, place your palm over the watch face and leave it there for 3 seconds, then remove your palm and brightness will be brighter.

Hello Adrian,

We understand that you've already checked the display brightness on your Apple Watch Ultra, and it's still dimming on it's own. This may be due to the Always On feature. This isn't available on Apple Watch Series 3, so that may explain the difference you're seeing. Use the Always On feature with your Apple Watch has more information about the feature.

"To preserve battery life, the display dims when your wrist is down, or by a quick gesture of covering the display with your hand. A wrist raise or tap on the screen brings everything back to full brightness and makes the watch screen active so that you can interact with your watch."

If you have additional concerns about this, we'd recommend contacting Apple Support.

Cheers!