iPad New IPAD M4 losing brightness ?

[macmus12]

So when i leave my IPAD on full brightness and I come back in few minutes it's significantly less dimmer, like it would automatically reduce brightness by half.
The thing is, I have this option disabled, and when I come back and slide the control centre, it shows at maximum brightness.

What's up ? This was not the case with my m1.

 

[ericwn]

Might be a software glitch, have you tried any troubleshooting?

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

So when i leave my IPAD on full brightness and I come back in few minutes it's significantly less dimmer, like it would automatically reduce brightness by half.
The thing is, I have this option disabled, and when I come back and slide the control centre, it shows at maximum brightness.

What's up ? This was not the case with my m1.

if you have auto brightness disabled it could be a way for the panel to prevent burn in...who knows. Does it go back to full brightness once you interact with the display?

 

[GDF]

Noticing the same issue when outside with glossy and nano displays on the 13 Pro.

I don’t get it. I have auto brightness disabled and brightness as high as it goes. I always want maximum brightness, except when dark. When I turn on auto brightness outside, the screen gets brighter on both nano and glossy screen.

How can that be?

 

[GDF]

Noticing the same issue when outside with glossy and nano displays on the 13 Pro.

I don’t get it. I have auto brightness disabled and brightness as high as it goes. I always want maximum brightness, except when dark. When I turn on auto brightness outside, the screen gets brighter on both nano and glossy screen.

How can that be?

A.R.E.A.M - how is that post funny? I don’t think it is funny at all. Weird, as seems like a real issue to me and curious if others experience it too.

 

[teohyc]

The iPad will have display dimming when it overheats.

Otherwise, just restart and see if you can repeat the issue.

 

[GDF]

The iPad will have display dimming when it overheats.

Otherwise, just restart and see if you can repeat the issue.

Thanks, but this has nothing to do with overheating. You can test it yourself on a new iPad. Both of my new nano and glossy iPads do this. At manual full brightness outside (with auto brightness turned off) the screen does not get as bright as having auto brightness turned on.

That makes no sense, as I should be always be getting max brightness with auto brightness off, unless like you said the display was overheating, which it is not.

Auto brightness in both nano and glossy iPads has higher brightness outside than with auto brightness off and turning on max brightness manually.

 

[Scott6666]

How do you it is not overheating?

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Auto brightness uses the full brightness range the display is capable of. Manual brightness limits that for battery and longevity reasons. You can see this on the phone too - they also get brighter on Auto.

As other commenters have said, brightness will also be severely limited to prevent overheating.

 

[teohyc]

Thanks, but this has nothing to do with overheating. You can test it yourself on a new iPad. Both of my new nano and glossy iPads do this. At manual full brightness outside (with auto brightness turned off) the screen does not get as bright as having auto brightness turned on.

That makes no sense, as I should be always be getting max brightness with auto brightness off, unless like you said the display was overheating, which it is not.

Auto brightness in both nano and glossy iPads has higher brightness outside than with auto brightness off and turning on max brightness manually.

I use my iPad Pro outside under direct sun often and there will not be overheating warning even if it happen.

The OLED models are way more resistant to overheating before display dims compared to LCD, but they will still overheat.

Anyway, if auto brightness is brighter, why not use auto brightness?

 

[rkuo]

Thanks, but this has nothing to do with overheating. You can test it yourself on a new iPad. Both of my new nano and glossy iPads do this. At manual full brightness outside (with auto brightness turned off) the screen does not get as bright as having auto brightness turned on.

That makes no sense, as I should be always be getting max brightness with auto brightness off, unless like you said the display was overheating, which it is not.

Auto brightness in both nano and glossy iPads has higher brightness outside than with auto brightness off and turning on max brightness manually.

It makes sense if you understand how these displays work. These are limitations in terms of total power consumption, heat, and longevity that all have to be balanced. Under auto settings, the display can temporarily exceed some parameters for some short period of time. If you fix the brightness level, the display is going to do something that is long term sustainable for itself.

Understand you may perceive max brightness as “looking better”, but it’s completely unnecessary to go to a full 1000 nits indoors. 500 is the maximum I would consider useful.

 

[GDF]

It makes sense if you understand how these displays work. These are limitations in terms of total power consumption, heat, and longevity that all have to be balanced. Under auto settings, the display can temporarily exceed some parameters for some short period of time. If you fix the brightness level, the display is going to do something that is long term sustainable for itself.

Understand you may perceive max brightness as “looking better”, but it’s completely unnecessary to go to a full 1000 nits indoors. 500 is the maximum I would consider useful.

Makes sense. I prefer to always use max brightness in the daytime, unless in a business meeting and need the battery life or during nighttime. Outside, I definitely want it as bright as it can get. So, I definitely consider 500 not use in those situations, at least for me. 🙂

 

[sk1985]

Noticing the same issue when outside with glossy and nano displays on the 13 Pro.

I don’t get it. I have auto brightness disabled and brightness as high as it goes. I always want maximum brightness, except when dark. When I turn on auto brightness outside, the screen gets brighter on both nano and glossy screen.

How can that be?

That’s a safety feature when the display gets too hot. Older oled iPhones did that all the time. Newer ones not so much.