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

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Forget iOS fourteen.five — Android 12 just got a supercharged dark mode

(Image credit: Droid Life)

Google has taken the night mode in Android 12 and supercharged it with an "Extra dim" setting to help foreclose bright displays for metaphorically searing your retinas.

Droid Life reported that people participating in the Android 12 Developer Preview now have access to this enhanced night fashion, which should make using an Android phone in depression-light situations a lot more than comfortable.

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Actress dim is intended for situations where y'all want to make your screen dimmer for "more than comfortable" reading, or general content consumption. Every bit per the settings screen below (via Droid Life) this is handy when your smartphone's "default minimum brightness is still too bright."

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

(Prototype credit: Droid Life)

How to turn on Actress dim mode in Android 12

Extra dim isn't turned on equally default, but you can hands enable it in the quick settings pulldown menu, providing you're using the Android 12 Developer Preview 3.

If yous accept got access to the preview, then simply swipe down to admission the Android quick menu and head over to to the left. You'll spot the actress dim toggle here, then striking information technology to outset enjoying late night scrolling with the new brightness level.

Alternatively, you can go to Settings>Accessibility>Extra Dim. You can also detect the choice to keep it active when your telephone is powered on next. If you notice the characteristic handy, it'southward worth turning on the extra dim shortcut in the settings.

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

Nonetheless, we can't say for sure that Extra dim will gyre out to the total Android 12 build when it arrives, probable some time effectually September. Just if this mode is already in the Android beta, and then it looks pretty likely to make it into the next major suite of Android phones, notably the Google Pixel vi.

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Shabana is T3's News Editor covering tech and gaming, and has been writing about video games for almost a decade (and playing them since forever). Every bit well equally contributing to Tom'due south Guide, she'due south had bylines at major gaming sites during her freelance career before settling downwards at T3, and has podcasts, streaming, and video content under her belt to kick. Outside of work, she too plays video games and should really call up about expanding her hobbies.

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