Apple Watch Ultra 2 VERY dim inside and dark enviroments..

I have not heard of any issues with Series 8 or earlier. Yes, the fix is presumably in a yet to be released Watch OS. It is presumed to include the mentioned fix, but nothing is assured until it is actually released to the general public. Being careful with my wording in the hopes this won’t be deleted as crazy as that sounds.

Hold on another week. I think that if you do, it will be OK.

Or, I should say, better.

It's an individual thing, so I dare not say everyone will be happy, but I'm still updating feedback to include asking for an actual way to adjust to my liking, not just some random brightness level that "Apple" deem adequate.

I agree they need to fix it. In the meantime I don’t use the siri one. I use the modular ultra and don’t put it on the face. I do the finger and thumb double tap and it comes up.

I like that way better than using the siri face.

Search for glucosedirect beta testing. It’s been around a while but probably won’t leave beta as abbott will shut them down.

may have to wait a bit if beta is full, search glucosedirect on facebook also.

I am starting to be optimistic that this issue will probably get addressed. I won't say much as I don't want to get banned for life from these forums -- as I already got a warning. It's related to an action I took earlier on this month. At least someone is listening. Stay put. We'll get there.

I am experiencing the same issue. This is actually the first time Ive noticed this. Ive had my watch for 2 weeks. I hope they fix it because it is extremely difficult to view. I swear when i first got it the screen was very bright, not anymore.

What I find VERY UNSATISFACTORY about this whole thing is that before the update, the dimmed setting could be overridden by rotating the crown. Now rotating the crown just takes me through my notices which I really don't care about. Apple really screwed up on this one. They should give me the choice to decide what action the crown rotation would cause. I would not have voted for this one. I love the face, but hate the fact that when it's dim I can't read it AT ALL!

grdh20 wrote:

So, today the "undocumented" fix is out. What does everyone think? Good Enough?

Like I've been saying (and getting deleted for), the fix is indeed not showing in my feedback, but has been here for three builds. Is it better? Yes. Is it what I want? No.

I want to be able to use all 3000 nits if I want to, and thus far, I can't.

However, it's usable now...that's without testing while diving or other outdoor stuff where it's truly important - most important.

The complete lack of ability to CHOOSE brighten it further is just infuriating…and no, three levels don’t count since the ability to brighten essentially disappears in the dark. The lower two levels are pointless).

Just going off of b e t a o m e g a a l p h a “4,” there is in fact an improvement and it’s drastically better. Although I do still think it could be about 5% brighter, personally. But wayyyy better than before. Hopefully the public version will be even better.

Toltepeceno wrote:

You don’t have to be a dev or seed program, they are public beta’s.

While there are public betas, I will not recommend them to the average user. Only because you can't go back on a watch. It's really better to wait. You also can't return an Apple product for replacement when it's running beta software.

Not that I don't think folks here are "smart" enough, but the end results are risky for many and I won't send you down that path...

It's coming.

Yep, it’s TOTAL garbage. 1st I bought a series 9. I’m a musician and dj. Everything I do is in dark environments. It’s not even useable I spoke to an Apple “specialist” about this issue. They told me to return it and buy an ultra 2. I DID!! SAME EXACT PROBLEM!!! ALMOST $1000 FOR UNUSABLE GARBAGE!!

Mine's already on the highest level, but I wont know it's any different than before until I drive home. I'm very much hoping it is!!

One thing though, the weather complications haven't populated yet. :(

simply, someone thought that if people had access to brightness settings, they would have bright screens on their watches and draw too much attention to themselves or disturb them, for example, in the cinema. The brightness at night should be at least slightly higher than before for people with poor eyesight and that will be enough. Right now it's worse than it was, unfortunately.

Same problem with my Series 9 (not Ultra).

I did find one thing somewhat helpful: I turned the "Always on" feature "ON" to see if that helped. It did help. Still not great, but better. Give it a try. I'm hoping Apple has a "fix" in a future Watch OS update so that I can turn off the "Always On" feature to save battery life.