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Apple Watch 9 is too dim at night

During the day the watch is bright when I lift it to look at it.

At dusk or in darkened rooms in the house, it has a difficult time brightening - it's very dim and unreadable.

Sometimes it will blink to bright for a second and then blink back to dim where it stays.

It doesn't seem like this is the way it's supposed to work and I have the brightness maxed.

Is there another setting to keep it at max brightness in all conditions - not just daylight? Or did I get a dud?

Thanks.


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Apple Watch Series 9

Posted on Sep 27, 2023 12:34 PM

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Posted on Nov 10, 2023 7:46 PM

I just bought a Series 9 and have the same issue- even after the watch update. Dims during low light … too low. Shine a flash light on it…it brightens. But then dims again. Apple please fix! I will return the watch. Let us the user be in control of brightness.

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Oct 15, 2023 5:52 AM in response to jacob5522

Thank you for this information. One sort of work-around the problem that I found is on the Watch app on the iPhone, under display and brightness -->Wake duration for on Tap click wake for 70 seconds instead of the 15 seconds that seems to be the default. At least that gives you more time with a bright display. Though there should be a way to set it to stay bright for longer.

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Oct 28, 2023 2:27 AM in response to larrybic1

I updated to watch os 10.1 on Thursday and I think it took care of the dimming issue. Now, as soon as I turn my wrist or tap the screen it brightens up in a darkened room. The update also seems to have taken are of the bright pink circles that would randomly appear then disappear on the watch face.

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Apple Watch 9 is too dim at night

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