- Android 16 Beta 2 introduces a new version of the Extra Dim feature that no longer needs to be manually toggled.
- Instead, it’s built into the brightness slider, so you only need to adjust the slider to make the screen extra dim.
- This feature is currently available only on the Pixel 9 series, and it’s unclear if it’ll ever come to older Pixels.
The best Android phones have displays that can get super dim, making them more comfortable to use at night. However, not every phone can get so dim, which is why Android has an “Extra Dim” feature that uses some software magic to make the screen appear dimmer. This “Extra Dim” feature works great, but it has one big flaw: It has to be manually toggled on or off. If you forget to turn off the feature in the morning, your phone’s screen will appear much dimmer than it should be. Android 16 will fix this problem by integrating Extra Dim directly into the brightness slider, but only on some devices.
Extra Dim works by applying a transformation matrix to the red, green, and blue pixel data that Android is set to render. This transformation reduces the intensity of bright colors shown on the screen, thereby effectively dimming the display.