Auto brightness does also work pretty well.
Not exact matches
However, at least it has an
auto -
brightness feature, so you don't need to fiddle around to change it manually.
Viewing angles are top notch all the way around the screen, and
auto -
brightness does a good job of keeping the display at appropriate levels.
I don't know if it's a software bug or a defective sensor, but
auto -
brightness only works part of the time on my Kindle Voyage.
I had anticipated that the Kindle Voyage would clearly standout as the best ebook reader on the market this year given all the pre-release hype and the premium price tag Amazon placed on it, along with all the hardware upgrades — the 300 PPI screen, the PagePress sensors and haptic feedback, the
auto -
brightness sensor, the flush screen and thinner design — but the Kindle Voyage doesn't knock it out of the park like I thought it would, and it leaves the door open for other devices like the new Kobo Aura H2O.
I don't like
auto brightness on my iPhone, while a great idea it always seems too dim for me.
The main difference is the Kindle for Samsung app currently lacks the new font choices available on the regular Android app, and it doesn't have the improved table of contents support or
auto brightness either.
Of course, you can use the
auto -
brightness feature, if your Kindle Fire has it (some versions don't), but if you're like me, I prefer to have complete control over the
brightness of my Kindle Fire screen.
The device
does do some
auto colour and
brightness adjustment between software screens, however, which we found to be a bit annoying.
The only down side of the screen is the
auto -
brightness feature (but that has nothing to
do with the OLED...).
A Quick Menu can be accessed by holding the home button, allowing access to sleep and
brightness settings — though the
auto brightness has thus far served me better than my phone often
does.
- Phone tweaks: brought back National data roaming option - Ultimate notification control: — fixed improper lights and vibration handling during quiet hours affecting mainly ongoing notifications — improved detection of ongoing notifications belonging to foreground services — active Screen: added option for ignoring quiet hours (shows active screen during quiet hours)-- active screen: don't apply to ongoing foreground service notifications — active screen: use direct wake up call instead of full wake lock (should improve compatibility on some devices)-- active screen: improved check for proximity sensor state - Statusbar tweaks: added option for using Lollipop signal icons (with full support for MediaTek Gemini)- Quick settings Network mode tile: added option for specifying 2G +3 G mode: — allows to choose whether to use GSM / WCDMA Preferred or GSM / WCDMA
Auto — tile icon indicates which 2G +3 G mode is set (2G / 3G or 3G / 2G)- Quick settings QuickRecord tile: — added option for choosing audio quality — added option for choosing auto - stop recording delay - PowerMenu: added option for hiding expanded desktop toggle in power menu - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for compatibility with Google Search 4.0.26 (thanks to theknut)- GravityBox Actions: — added action for clearing all notifications — added action for toggling auto brightness - GB App Picker: search field adjusted to allow inputting non-English characters (thanks to momomok)- Updated Polish translation (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation (thanks to momomok)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to ga
Auto — tile icon indicates which 2G +3 G mode is set (2G / 3G or 3G / 2G)- Quick settings QuickRecord tile: — added option for choosing audio quality — added option for choosing
auto - stop recording delay - PowerMenu: added option for hiding expanded desktop toggle in power menu - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for compatibility with Google Search 4.0.26 (thanks to theknut)- GravityBox Actions: — added action for clearing all notifications — added action for toggling auto brightness - GB App Picker: search field adjusted to allow inputting non-English characters (thanks to momomok)- Updated Polish translation (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation (thanks to momomok)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to ga
auto - stop recording delay - PowerMenu: added option for hiding expanded desktop toggle in power menu - Launcher tweaks: adjusted for compatibility with Google Search 4.0.26 (thanks to theknut)- GravityBox Actions: — added action for clearing all notifications — added action for toggling
auto brightness - GB App Picker: search field adjusted to allow inputting non-English characters (thanks to momomok)- Updated Polish translation (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation (thanks to momomok)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to ga
auto brightness - GB App Picker: search field adjusted to allow inputting non-English characters (thanks to momomok)- Updated Polish translation (thanks to xtrem007)- Updated Portuguese (BR) translations (thanks to wyghor)- Updated Chinese (Simplified) translations (thanks to liveasx)- Updated Chinese (Traditional) translation (thanks to momomok)- Updated Hungarian translations (thanks to benjoe1)- Updated Italian translations (thanks to pesa1234)- Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
Auto -
brightness on the Honor 6X works well too and we found it best to just leave that on and let it
do its thing.
In Quick Settings, you now have a
brightness slider (
do wish there was an
auto brightness toggle there), WiFi, Bluetooth, Mobile Data, Airplane Mode, Auto - Rotate, Flashlight, Location and Cast Scr
auto brightness toggle there), WiFi, Bluetooth, Mobile Data, Airplane Mode,
Auto - Rotate, Flashlight, Location and Cast Scr
Auto - Rotate, Flashlight, Location and Cast Screen.
It's not going to be easy for everyone to choose between these two watches, especially if you don't mind Motorola's display shelf in exchange for a good
auto -
brightness sensor.
Outdoor visibility remains a challenge in direct sunlight, as it
does for all watches, although it has an
auto -
brightness mode (on by default) that goes some way to addressing the problem.
The
auto brightness also helped with the blue tint, though I found it didn't adjust correctly under brighter light conditions, or during night - time.
The display isn't perfect — dark areas appear a little over-dimmed, and the
auto -
brightness setting doesn't seem to ramp up aggressively enough even when maxed out — but it's an improvement on earlier Sony efforts for sure.
However, I
do wish it had
auto -
brightness.
Pull down from the top of the phone with two fingers — or pull down twice with a single digit — and you get shortcuts to the
brightness slider, Wifi, Bluetooth, and cellular connections, airplane mode,
auto - rotate (
does anyone actually ever turn that off?)
Viewing angles are good,
brightness ample, and the latest software doesn't go overkill on
auto -
brightness adjustment either.
The display experts also had a lot of praise for the smartphone's
auto -
brightness abilities, mentioning that the Galaxy S7 is «the first to do Automatic Brightness correct
brightness abilities, mentioning that the Galaxy S7 is «the first to
do Automatic
Brightness correct
Brightness correctly.»
Just like you reduce the smartphone screen's
brightness yourself and disable
auto -
brightness,
do it on your notebook PC too.
A complete array of sensors is nice to see as the cheaper ZenFone 4
does not have the light sensor and therefore has no
auto -
brightness.
It is even usable outdoors in sunlight and the
auto -
brightness does a great job too.
Most notably, the
auto -
brightness feature isn't hugely effective, and often the capacitive home button (which doubles as a fingerprint sensor) simply didn't work.
It works pretty well in the sun but doesn't make up for the lack of an
auto -
brightness option, which should be a standard on every smartphone irrespective of its price tag.
Our only display - related gripe has to
do with the
auto -
brightness setting, which seems to require some fiddling to keep things bright enough in both outdoor and indoor settings.
There's no cut and dry
auto -
brightness setting on here, rather an «adaptive
brightness» toggle which
does a similar job, but is less extreme.
It's quicker and a lot more functional to control the
brightness from the Control Center if you're the types who doesn't depend or trust iOS's
auto -
brightness feature.
One huge things both watches
do incredibly well is
auto -
brightness with no sensor shelf or «flat tire» on the face of the display.
SamMobile says in its review that the Galaxy J7 (2016) doesn't have an
auto brightness setting, which it wishes Samsung would add to the budget - friendly J series, but that the 3,300 mAh battery can get you more than 7 hours of screen - on time.
Amazon says the Spot's
auto brightness sensor is in the same place as the camera, so you might end up with a screen that's way too bright or way too dim if you
do that.
I
did notice that the
auto -
brightness feature on the Honor 8 is very buggy, however.
The Axon 7
does not have issues with
auto -
brightness.
However, this isn't the best display out there and that's not solely due to the choice of display technology: the
auto -
brightness is a little sluggish and doesn't give you the boost you'll need to see the phone in bright conditions outdoors.
The Outdoor mode (accessible from the notifications shade) helps in bright daylight, but Samsung really needs to understand that removing the
auto -
brightness feature is one of the last things it should
do when looking at how it can reduce the price of a smartphone.
Samsung also seems to have
done a lot of work on the
auto -
brightness, which now no longer annoys the living hell out of us constantly, but instead
does its job with the skill and sophistication we would expect from a high - end device.
Like most recent budget Samsung smartphones, there is no ambient light sensor on the spec sheet, meaning you don't get
auto brightness.