Loading HDR photos and videos can be a great way to show off the fancy display on your new phone and test how bright it can get. But sometimes, especially at night, you don't want your screen to turn into overdrive with dazzling highlights just because someone posted a random video in HDR on Instagram. (Devices are increasingly set to capture video with increased dynamic range by default, so let's not blame each other.)
With its upcoming One UI 7 update currently in betaSamsung is giving Galaxy phone owners a system-wide kill switch to disable HDR content. as covered 9to5GoogleThere's a new “Super HDR” toggle in the Settings menu.
The description – “Automatically adjust the display to show the full range of colors and contrast in photos taken with Galaxy devices” – is a bit misleading, as it turns out that turning it on will keep your display's brightness under control. . All Apps. But this is exactly the end result I want.
On the iPhone side, Apple currently doesn't have any settings that are specific to HDR. It is possible to avoid HDR content by enabling Low Power Mode on your iPhone, but doing so causes a number of other system changes that may be excessive.
If you're specifically looking for relief from HDR on Instagram, you can disable it in the “Media Quality” section of the app's Settings. (After this I take credit for issue complaint A few years ago.) However, this only applies to iOS. This option doesn't exist on Android, which makes Samsung's new toggle all the more useful.