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Uploading HDR photos and videos can be a great way to show off the fantastic display on your new phone and test how bright it can be. But sometimes, especially at night, you might not want your screen to go into overdrive with highlights just because someone posted a random video on Instagram in HDR. (Devices are increasingly set to capture video with increased dynamic range by default, so let’s not blame others.)
With its next update One UI 7 is currently in betaSamsung is giving Galaxy phone owners a system-wide kill switch to disable HDR content. As covered by 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 maintain the brightness of your display in control. everyone apps. But this is exactly the end result I want.
On the iPhone side, Apple currently does not have such specific settings for HDR. It is possible to avoid HDR content by enabling low power mode on your iPhone, but doing so makes a ton of other system changes that could be overwhelming.
If you’re looking for an HDR shot on Instagram specifically, you can turn it off in the app’s settings in the “Media quality” section. (I take credit for this later complaint about the problem a couple of years ago.) This is only for iOS, though. The option doesn’t exist on Android, which makes Samsung’s new toggle even more useful.
