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Forget iOS 14.5 — Android 12 just got a supercharged dark manner

(Epitome credit: Droid Life)

Google has taken the nighttime fashion in Android 12 and supercharged it with an "Actress dim" setting to help prevent bright displays for metaphorically searing your retinas.

Droid Life (opens in new tab) reported that people participating in the Android 12 Developer Preview now accept access to this enhanced night mode, which should brand using an Android phone in low-low-cal situations a lot more than comfortable.

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Extra dim is intended for situations where you desire to brand your screen dimmer for "more comfortable" reading, or general content consumption. As per the settings screen below (via Droid Life (opens in new tab)) this is handy when your smartphone's "default minimum effulgence is still as well bright."

Going by a screenshot of the new manner, Google appears to be quietly calling out those with terrible bedtime habits, adding that Extra dim is likewise useful when "using your phone in night situations, like at night or in a dark room before bed."

(Image credit: Droid Life)

How to turn on Extra dim mode in Android 12

Extra dim isn't turned on as default, but y'all can easily enable it in the quick settings pulldown menu, providing you're using the Android 12 Programmer Preview 3.

If you take got access to the preview, and then simply swipe downwards to admission the Android quick menu and head over to to the left. You'll spot the extra dim toggle hither, and so striking information technology to start enjoying late night scrolling with the new brightness level.

Alternatively, you can get to Settings>Accessibility>Extra Dim. You can also notice the pick to continue it active when your phone is powered on side by side. If you discover the feature handy, information technology's worth turning on the actress dim shortcut in the settings.

Given the health advice to stop looking at screens earlier bed — that many wilfully ignore — having an extra dim setting that offers options outside of your device's factory default could be an attractive feature to those who struggle to put their phone down while in bed.

Notwithstanding, we can't say for sure that Extra dim volition roll out to the full Android 12 build when it arrives, likely some time around September. But if this mode is already in the Android beta, then it looks pretty likely to make it into the side by side major suite of Android phones, notably the Google Pixel 6.

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