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Official: Why Samsung Galaxy S10, Note 10 One UI 4.0 update misses Android 12’s Extra Dim feature?
In addition to the newer flagships, Samsung also upgraded the Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy S10 series devices with the Android 12. The One UI 4.0 update brings several new features to the Samsung devices, however, consumers of Galaxy S10 and Note 10 reported unavailability of Android 12’s Extra Dim feature.
On the official community forum, several Galaxy S10 and Note 10 series smartphone owners raised their concern regarding the unavailability of the Extra Dim tool that is an Android 12’s Accessibility feature. Following the widespread blow, Samsung officially revealed the reason behind the lack of the Extra Dim feature.
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Galaxy S10, Note 10 doesn’t support Extra Dim!
While the Extra Dim is an Android 12 Accessibility feature, Samsung confirmed that the Galaxy S10 and Galaxy Note 10 lineup devices don’t support it due to hardware restrictions. However, the Extra Dim lets users additionally reduce the brightness of the screen allowed by the phone’s hardware.
In addition, the company pointed out that the engineers are trying to deliver all the Android 12’s Accessibility features to the Galaxy devices as much as possible. Though the company brings a matching feature instead if there’s any hardware restriction, or if even that is impossible, they don’t provide it.
The company official said that the “Extra Dim” function was not provided in some Galaxy devices such as the Galaxy S10 and Note 10 as there were various problems that occurred such as the video being played in certain situations not being seen while using the Extra Dim feature.
What is Extra dim?
Google’s Android 12 introduces a new accessibility option called Extra Dim, which additionally decreases the screen’s brightness in addition to the level allowed by the hardware. As result, you can enable the Extra dim option when the lowest brightness of your phone isn’t low adequately.
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To be noted, Extra dim is an accessibility tool that comes to all the smartphones with Android 12 update (except for h/w restricted models). When it comes to Samsung, the Galaxy devices add an Extra dim toggle in the notification center so you can access the feature easily.
How to find Extra Dim, if there’s?
You can find the screen Extra dim option directly from your Samsung phone’s notification panel after the Android 12-based One UI 4.0 upgrade. Besides, you can also reach the feature by navigating to your phone’s Settings >> Accessibility >> Visibility enhancements >> Extra dim.
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