Display

The Display Settings will allow you to adjust any settings that have to to with the look and function of your phone screen and everything you see on it like colors, brightness, lock screen, etc.

Brightness

The brightness settings will adjust the lighting of your display.

Brightness Level

You can adjust the brightness from here by tapping on Brightness Level and dragging the slider that appears at the top of the screen either Left (to turn down the brightness) or Right (to turn up the brightness). You will then see the percentage of your brightness level on the Brightness Level tab in these Display Settings. You can also adjust the brightness level in Quick Settings.

Adaptive Brightness

Adaptive Brightness is a handy feature that will change the brightness automatically to adjust to the surrounding levels of light wherever your at. For example, your screen brightness will adapt to a dark environment by increasing your screen brightness with out you having to manually change it.

Lock Display

Lock Screen

From here you can adjust the features on your lock screen.

Privacy

For your privacy, you can choose to show how much sensitive information appears from notifications on your lock screen.

• Show All Notification Content

  • When this is on, all notification content will show on your screen even if it’s locked. For example, if you get a text anyone will be able to look at your phone and see who the text is from and contents of the text message. This is not a preferred setting for privacy and security reasons.

• Show Sensitive Content Only When Unlocked

  • When this is on, you will see that you got a notification from an app but you won’t be able to see who the notification is from or any of the contents of the notification. This is a better setting to have on for privacy and security reasons.

• Don’t Show Notifications At All

  • When this is on, you may still hear a notification but you will not be able to see what app your are getting a notification from or any of the content of the notification. This is an ideal setting to have on for privacy and security reasons.

Add Text On Lock Screen

From here you can add text to your lock screen that will show up at the bottom of your lock screen. For example, you could put “Jack’s Pixel” or an emergency contacts number, or your favorite quote.

Show Wallet

When this is on, you will be able to access your wallet from your lock screen.

Note: You won’t be able to make any purchases with Google Pay without entering you biometrics (fingerprint, face Id) or your lock screen passcode.

Show Device Controls

When this is on you will still be able to see controls for external devices on your lock screen. External devices could be lights, locks, thermostats, cameras, etc. you have linked to your phone that you can control.

Control From Locked Device

As Long as you have Show Device Controls turned on for your lock screen, you can turn this setting on so you can control external devices even when your phone is locked. This may be useful if you have family members in your house that you want to be able to control external devices but still not be able to get into any other parts of your phone.

Double-Line Clock

The Double-Line Clock on your lock screen will show as a larger clock that takes up two lines on your lock screen instead of the standard one line clock that is smaller in the top left corner of your lock screen.

Now Playing

Now Playing is a feature that allows your phone to listen to any song that it hears playing around you and tells you what the song is. To learn more about Now Playing, click on the link.

Always Show Time And Info

This is like an Always On Display feature where even when your phone is off and locked you will still see the time, app notifications, weather, and battery percentage on the dark screen instead of having a blank dark screen when your phone is asleep.

Note: This will increase battery usage.

Tap To Check Phone

When this is turned on, you will be able to check info on your lock screen display by tapping the screen without having to click the power button on the side of the phone to check it.

Lift To Check Phone

When this is turned on, you will be able to check info on your lock screen display by picking up the phone when it’s laying flat without having to click the power button on the side of the phone to check it.

Wake Screen For Notifications

When this is on, your screen will wake up (light up to show your display) anytime you receive notification.

Screen Timeout

With screen timeout, you can choose how long your phone screen will stay on without being touched or picked up before it shuts off automatically. You can choose between:

• 15 Seconds
• 30 Seconds
• 1 Minute
• 2 Minutes
• 5 Minutes
• 10 Minutes
• 30 Minutes

Screen Attention

With Screen Attention on, your screen will not turn off with any time limit set if you’re looking directly at your phone.

Appearance

Dark Theme

With Dark Theme on, any sort of settings you navigate through in your phone will have a dark black and grey color scheme. When this is off, your phone will have a lighter white and light grey color scheme.

Screen Saver

While your phone is asleep, you can set a screen saver for the display. To turn this on, turn on the switch next to Use Screen Saver. Then you can choose between three screen saver options below then you can tap on Preview to view them:

• Clock

  • This will show the date and time as your screen saver.

• Colors

  • This will show rainbow-like colors as your screen saver.

• Photos

  • This will show a photo of your choice from your photo gallery as your screen saver.

When to Start

Select one of these options to choose when the screen saver turns on:

• While Charging
• While Docked
• While Charging or Docked

Display Size and Text

From here you can adjust the size of how everything is displayed on your screen and how big or small the text size is. In the box right beneath where it says Display Size And Text, you can preview all of your adjustments before you leave the screen. You can adjust the following options:

• Font Size

• Display Size

• Bold Text (On or Off)

• High Contrast Text (On or Off)

  • You can change the text color to black or white to adjust with the contrast of the background you’re viewing. This could be helpful to see text on the screen better.

• Reset Settings

  • You can select Reset Settings to bring these settings back to default.

Color

Night Light

This setting will make your phone display project a warmer light that is easier on the eyes and can be helpful at night to help you fall asleep faster because the brighter screen tends to keep your brain awake.

Colors

You can alter the colors on the screen between:

• Natural

  • This will make photos and other content on the screen look more natural as if you’re seeing the photo in person.

• Adaptive

  • This will add a subtle but effective filter over photos that makes colors more vibrant.

Other Display Controls

 

Auto-Rotate Screen

Auto-Rotate will automatically switch your screen from portrait view to landscape view when you turn your phone right side up or to the side. When Auto-Rotate is off, you will see a small icon in the corner of the screen, prompting you to alternate between portrait and landscape mode.

Face Detection

When you have Auto-Rotate turned on, you can turn on Face Detection which will use your face to help determine the accuracy of when your phone auto-rotates.

Screen Resolution

You can change the screen resolution to:

• High Resolution

  • This is the default setting which still makes images and videos on the screen look good and will save more battery.

• Full Resolution

  • This setting will increase the quality and detail of images and videos on your screen but will consume more battery.

Smooth Display

This will automatically increase your phones refresh rate for some content and applications from 60 Hz to 120 Hz. The increase in refresh rate will allow you to navigate through your phone and applications faster and smoother. This will increase battery consumption.

Screen Protector Mode

If you have a screen protector on your phone (it is highly recommended that you do), having this setting turned on will increase touch sensitivity and improve touch while you’re using your phone with a screen protector on, if you have a screen protector that interferes with touch.