If you only use the Android brightness slider to control your screen, you're missing out on more (or less) brightness.

Android has improved a lot over the years but one of the earlier additions to the OS was auto-brightness. Dubbed “Adaptive Brightness” in modern iterations of Android, that does exactly what its name ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Despite the growing number of apps and services readily available for Android, there is a shortage on apps that lets you tinker with your phone’s lighting and brightness settings. Though there are a ...

The auto-brightness, or adaptive brightness setting as it's called on some Android phone models, is a feature that uses a light sensor to automatically adjust your phone's brightness based on ...

One of the best things about smartphones in 2026 is automation. Rather than a bunch of tools you have to turn on and off every time you use them, devices like the Google Pixel 10 Pro are equipped with ...

Google may add native flashlight brightness controls to Pixel phones in the next quarterly release of Android 16. While the hardware has long supported it, Pixel users currently need to use an app to ...

Google’s Android 16 is set to introduce native flashlight brightness controls, a feature Pixel users have long awaited. Spotted in the latest beta, this update promises to enhance hardware ...