- Google is developing an “Enhanced HDR brightness” setting for Android 16 QPR1 to give users system-level control over screen brightening from HDR content.
- This upcoming feature will include both a toggle to disable HDR support entirely and a slider to adjust the intensity of HDR effects.
- It aims to prevent jarring brightness shifts from HDR media, a solution Samsung users already have with a similar feature in One UI 7.
When you’re using your smartphone at night, you probably prefer to keep its brightness low to avoid blinding yourself or disturbing your partner. However, if you come across HDR media at night, your phone may automatically boost its brightness to display the content properly. This sudden brightness shift can be jarring, which is why some apps offer options for disabling HDR media support. Google now aims to address this problem at the system level in an upcoming Android 16 release.