Is there an AUTO brightness setting in the watch?

[striders]

The watch brightness is set to the maximum setting, which works ok in an office environment with lost of light. However,nIn a dim or even dark room, it's too bright for me.

Is there an auto brightness settings for the watch, much like the iPhone?

 

[melman101]

The watch brightness is set to the maximum setting, which works ok in an office environment with lost of light. However,nIn a dim or even dark room, it's too bright for me.

Is there an auto brightness settings for the watch, much like the iPhone?

Nope. No light sensor :-(

 

[pmau]

Nope. No light sensor :-(

There is a light sensor. Look at Apple's Website under "Features".
You can cover the watch to switch it off for example.

My theory. The light sensor only measures "light" / "no light" and is a very small photo diode to preserve battery. It is probably not sensitive enough to adjust the brightness in a meaningful way.

 

[dilap]

Nope. No light sensor :-(

From the iFixit Teardown. It states that there is an ambient light sensor behind the screen.

 

[Sh4wN]

Nope. No light sensor :-(

The Watch has an ambient light sensor and adjusts the brightness accordingly. The brightness setting on the watch is more like a minimum setting, it's not a fixed brightness.

 

[NovemberWhiskey]

I definitely notice the watch adjusting the screen brightness on its own depending on ambient lighting.

 

[cambookpro]

Within the three brightness settings, the Watch adjusts up and down automatically according to the ambient light. Think of the three brightness notches in Settings as three different brightness ranges.

I don't think there's an option for the Watch to entirely control screen brightness.

 

[melman101]

Ah well then, I stand corrected. 🙂

 

[lchlch]

Within the three brightness settings, the Watch adjusts up and down automatically according to the ambient light. Think of the three brightness notches in Settings as three different brightness ranges.

I don't think there's an option for the Watch to entirely control screen brightness.

I hope they bring that to other iOS devices 🙂

 

[Sh4wN]

I hope they bring that to other iOS devices 🙂

It already is. You can set minimum, maximum and basically a middle value.

 

[striders]

With my iPhone, when I am outside, I turned the screen brightness to Max. When I go indoor, it automatically reduce the brightness.

Are you guys saying this is how to also works with the Apple Watch? I am not seeing it doing so, though.

 

[Sh4wN]

It adjusts, yes. It may be a little more subtle or you are simply not noticing. You can try yourself, if you activate it someplace dark, shine a bright light at it and then look at it again where it's dark. Should be brighter then.