Samsung will let you disable annoyingly-bright HDR content across all apps

Loading HDR photos and videos is a great way to show off your new phone’s beautiful display and test its brightness. But sometimes, especially at night, you might not want your screen to suddenly go into overdrive with blinding highlights just because someone randomly posted an HDR video on Instagram. (Devices are increasingly set up to capture video with increased dynamic range by default, so let’s not blame each other.)

The upcoming One UI 7 updates are Currently in testing phaseSamsung has provided Galaxy phone owners with a system-wide kill switch for disabling HDR content. as covered 9 to 5 googlethere is a new “Super HDR” toggle in the settings menu.

The description “Automatically adjusts the display to display the full color and contrast of photos taken with a Galaxy device” is a bit misleading, as it turns out that turning this feature on will keep your display’s brightness in check. all application. But this is exactly the end result I want.

In terms of iPhone, Apple currently has no settings specifically for HDR. It’s possible to avoid HDR content by enabling low-power mode on the iPhone, but doing so results in a host of other system changes that might be a bit overkill.

If you’re specifically seeking the relief of HDR on Instagram, you can disable it in the Media Quality section of the app’s settings. (I have since attributed this to Complain about this issue years ago. The option doesn’t exist on Android, which makes Samsung’s new toggle feature even more useful.