Apple Watch Series 8-9 is too dim at night

Had The 7 it was great no complaints. Just wanted to upgrade to latest and greatest new one but the unfixable low light it's a big issue I can't see at all. Not sure if this happened in the latest update or not I did update my 7 and reset it so I don't know it terrible and I'm regretting this purchase. FIX this Apple

My first ape watch, I have always been Samsung .

The light feature is very disappointing I have damaged vision and had corrective laser treatment to repair blood vessels.This has caused my vision to be darker in everything that I look at. A dimmed watch does not help. Apple need to consider people with eye issues .Control over the brightness is all that is required. If not I will return the the item.

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I agree and I’m gonna keep complaining

Apple ?? Any comments on this issue? A reply would be appreciated, better yet, a acknowledgment that a fix is in the works. Thank you.

watch settings - accessibilities - minimum brightness (toggle on)

MiaRN1042 – if you're referring to the Theater Mode trick. There is no fix for the ambient light sensor being too sensitive, that is something Apple will need to fix. Mine does appear to dim "sometimes". The Theater mode is what I use at night after I've gone to bed (set with an automation). When Theater mode is on, I can rotate the crown (provided I've allowed the rotate to wake option), and the screen SLOWLY increases from the 1nit to however bright I want it (up to the max set in system settings). I do this if I wake up and need to see the time, I just nudge up the brightness.

Otherwise, I've now set my System Settings to "Medium" instead of low, and I've had better experience.

-*- however, if your device is failing to go to the brightest setting, and is dim in natural light, then there may be a physical issue with the sensor that needs to be replaced under warranty. It is hard to test the dim setting in an Apple Store I agree.

Good luck, I'm waiting for the next software update to fix a GREEN flash that happens on the screen as I take my watch off. It is subtle, only for 1 frame flicker, but it is annoying.

Just returned my Series 9 for this same reason. Clearly Apple has made a choice to disregard the older users who this inability to increase the brightness or turn off the auto dim, is a problem for. I’m sure some young person at Apple decided to increase their ability to brag about their battery life, over making it usable to the older demographic. Clearly Apple needs some older people on the development or testing team.

This is also my experience with the Series 9 watch. It's my first Apple Watch and I can't stand how dim the screen is at night; cranking it up in Settings does not do anything. I read somewhere that it's the light sensor doing its thing and there's nothing we can do about it. Hope they can release an update soon because my eyes cry in pain when I stare at the screen.

Thanks for reaching out trenken,

It sounds like you're having some trouble adjusting the brightness on your Apple Watch. We can help.

You can try these steps to Adjust brightness, text size, sounds, and haptics on Apple Watch:

Adjust brightness and text on Apple Watch

Open the Settings app  on your Apple Watch, then tap Display & Brightness to adjust the following:

* Brightness: Tap the Brightness controls to adjust, or tap the slider, then turn the Digital Crown.

* Text size: Tap Text Size, then tap the letters or turn the Digital Crown.

* Bold text: Turn on Bold Text.

You can also make these adjustments on your iPhone. Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, tap Display & Brightness, then adjust brightness and text.

If you're still unable to increase the brightness, and you think it might be a hardware issue, you can connect with Apple directly using either Get Support or if you're in a region without direct support options, you can also Contact Apple for support and service.

Hope that helps.

Take care.

Theater Mode has a feature to help with brightness: (rotate crown up)

1. Make sure "wake on crown rotation" is turned on (Display Settings on Watch)
2. When in a dark room, turn on Theater Mode and when you rotate the crown upwards, the brightness will increase 1nit-at-a-time all the way to full brightness you have set in Display Settings.
3. At any point rotating the bringers up and down to the desired level, simply Press the crown to activate the App screen and remain at that brightness.

i returned my series 9 yesterday. i will only get it again when this problem is fixed.

Until then i'll use the good old workin series 4

Cmon man you know this a big problem but no one will fess up and admit it. I render the watch useless when it’s dark as I can’t read the screen. NO turning up the brightness does squat

I've got the same problem. the automatic brightness control dims my series 9 when there is no ambient light, so low that i can't read it anymore.

They know about it and yes it’s awful