Adjusting the brightness setting can save some battery power , and you can use your iPad for a longer period of time before it needs to be charged. You can also adjust the brightness to compensate for glare when using iPad outside, or dim it slightly when reading at night.
iPad includes an auto-brightness feature that helps adjust the iPad's brightness based on the ambient light, but sometimes the display doesn't show up properly. This is especially true if you use your iPad for multiple tasks. Thankfully, there is a quick way to adjust the brightness without setting up and hunting.
Fastest way to adjust brightness from control panel
Did you know that iPad has a control panel for quick access to music controls and general settings like Bluetooth and display brightness? It's one of those hidden features that people often overlook or can't learn when using an iPad. Here's how to use it:
- First, slide your finger from the bottom edge of the screen to the top of the screen iPad control panel to open . Slide your finger up to open the control panel. Don't forget to start with your finger at the edge of the display.
- The brightness controls on the control panel are just above the quick access buttons for timers and cameras. The slider works just like the slider in Settings, moving it to the left decreases the brightness and moving the button to the right increases the brightness.
- You can also turn on Night Shift in Control Panel. This setting reduces the amount of blue light. It would be great if you have trouble falling asleep after using your iPad.
How to adjust brightness in settings
If for some reason you can't access the control panel or you want to adjust the auto-brightness feature, you can adjust the following in settings:
- Start the Settings app . It's an icon that looks like a gear is turning.
- After setup, scroll the left menu and select Display & Brightness . If you have an older iPad, you can choose the brightness and wallpaper . In this case, you won't see all the same options, but you can adjust the brightness.
- Adjust the screen brightness to decrease or increase the brightness by moving the circular button to the left.
- You can also adjust other settings such as auto-brightness, text size, and bold text. Auto-Brightness detects the ambient light in the room and adjusts the brightness of the display based on that light. However, it doesn't always give everyone the perfect balance, so if you don't like the way you adjust your display, you can turn it off.
night shift use
Display and brightness settings also include access to the night shift feature. If you use your iPad while Night Shift is active, your iPad's color spectrum is limited to blue to help you get a better night's sleep.
If you don't want to turn the feature on and off through the control panel, you can schedule it to turn itself on or off. Enter function customization by tapping Night shift in Display & Brightness settings. Turn on Schedule, then tap on the departure/arrival row and you can manually set the night shift times to choose one and turn it off on your own. You can also select "sunset to sunrise sunset". Great if you don't want to fiddle with the seasons to compensate.
You can also adjust how the color temperature 'warms up' when Night Shift is active. If you like this feature and don't care what your iPad's display looks like, you can call it a bit backwards. Or, if you find yourself still having trouble sleeping, you can try warming it up a bit.
font size and bold
The text size option takes you to a screen where you can resize the text when using dynamic types in your application. Not all apps use dynamic types, so this may not help. However, if you don't have bad eyesight and it's not bad enough to use the zoom function , it's a good idea to resize the text. At least it won't hurt.
Turning on bold is another way to combat failed vision. Most plain text is now bold, so it's easy to see.
true tone
If you have a newer iPad, such as the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, you may see an option to turn TrueTone on or off. True Tone is a new technology that tries to mimic the behavior of natural light by detecting ambient light and adjusting the iPad's display. In real life, a sheet of paper is very white under the artificial light of a light bulb, and slightly yellow under the sun, and much in between. True Tone tries to emulate this for the iPad's display.
Does True Tone need to be turned on? Absolutely not. This will be liked by some and not thought of by others.