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ADAPTIVE COLOUR TONE FEATURE - THE S24 Series WASHED SCREEN EXPLANATION

(Topic created on: 31-01-2024 08:14 PM)
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GoanGeek
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Hi Lovely People. 

You might want to grab a coffee.

A Few Thoughts about the new Samsung Screen and the new features it comes with.

Dynamic AMOLED 2X: This latest iteration of Samsung's AMOLED display technology delivers exceptional brightness, colour accuracy, and power efficiency. It can reach a peak brightness of 2,600 nits, significantly higher than the S23 Ultra's 1,750 nits, making it viewable even in bright sunlight. Additionally, it boasts a 100% Mobile Colour Volume in the DCI-P3 colour range, ensuring vibrant and realistic colours across the entire brightness spectrum.

The Adaptive Colour

Tone: Your Personal Display Chameleon

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra's new "Adaptive Colour Tone" feature takes display customization to a whole new level. Here's how it works and its benefits:

Think of it like sunglasses for your phone: Instead of manually adjusting brightness and colour temperature, this feature automatically adapts the display based on your environment.

Imagine this: You're reading an eBook in a dimly lit room. The display automatically warms up, reducing harsh blues and creating a more comfortable reading experience. Step outside into the bright sun, and the display instantly cools down and brightens up, making everything easy to see.

How does it work? It uses sensors to detect the ambient light around you and then adjusts the colour temperature and white balance accordingly. So, no more fiddling with settings – your phone adjusts automatically!

Benefits:

  • Reduced eye strain: Warmer tones in low light are easier on your eyes, especially at night.
  • Improved readability: Cooler tones in bright light make text and images sharper and easier to see.
  • More natural viewing experience: The display feels more natural and less jarring when it adapts to your surroundings.
  • Convenience: No more manually adjusting display settings – it just works!

Is it for everyone? Some users prefer complete control over their display settings. While Adaptive Colour Tone offers a convenient solution, you can always turn it off and adjust things yourself if you prefer.

Overall, Adaptive Colour Tone is a smart and convenient feature that improves your viewing experience by automatically adjusting the display to your environment.

 

Q1: What is ‘Adaptive colour tone’ feature?

A1: The Adaptive colour tone feature is a colour optimization function available in the Galaxy S24 series. It adjusts the colour and white balance of the device screen based on the ambient brightness, providing more natural colours suited for different environments or lighting conditions.
 To enable the feature:
① Settings > Display > Adaptive colour tone
② Quick panel > Brightness bar > More options > Adaptive colour tone

 

Q2: How does the Adaptive colour tone function work?A2: The Adaptive colour tone function works by adjusting the colour and white balance according to various ambient brightness changes based on the brightness and light source. However, in low brightness conditions or strong light sources, such as outdoors, the Adaptive colour tone values prior to specific environmental conditions are applied instead.

Q3: What is the difference between ‘Adaptive colour tone’ feature and the ‘Eye comfort shield’ function?
A3: ‘Eye comfort shield’ is a function that automatically adjusts the colour temperature of the device screen over time according to lighting.
Meanwhile, the ‘Adaptive colour tone’ function adjusts the colour to an optimized one according to ambient environment such as brightness and light source.

Q4: How do both ‘Adaptive colour tone’ and ‘Eye comfort shield’ function work together?
A4: When both functions are turned on, the colour of ‘Eye comfort shield’ is applied first, and then the ‘Adaptive colour tone’ function optimizes the colour that doesn't interfere with sleep.

Q5: The display colour tone looks awkward after turning on the ‘Adaptive colour tone’ function. / Blue tone seems prominent.
A5: After enabling the ‘Adaptive colour tone’ function, you may notice some changes in the colours displayed on the screen that can be seen more intensified and prominent particularly as a blue tone. This can be attributed to the adjustment in white colour temperature. As a result, other colours in complementary relationship may appear slightly darker or different than usual. This is because of an optical illusion created by contrast and should not cause any concern.

PERSONAL THOUGHTS AND SUMMARY:

1. Having had the S9+ > S21 Ultra > S24 Ultra I have seen Samsung slowing transitioning away from Vivid and contrasty look (both in camera and screen) due to the endless complaints from consumers. It has been a love and hate relationship with some loving it and some don't.

2. Having received my S24 ultra I too initially saw the difference but quickly got used to it. The only thing it effects is the home screen icons which look a bit pale. It doesn't seem to affect your photos or videos etc.

3. The most complaint feature that VIVID vs NATURAL doesn't do anything is both correct and wrong in the sense for me it just switches the screen from between cool for vivid and warm for natural. Yes, it doesn't work the way it used to before and it could be intentional on the part of Samsung.  Read above post again.

4. There is also another feature under EYE COMFORT called ENHANCED COMFORT which when turned ON will lighten your fonts and make them less contrasty.

5. All in all, I feel Samsung has adopted a NATURAL Look and Feel with the S24 series and the VIVID was probably not an option they thought people would want as much and probably with the new screen tech and high brightness and HDR and stuff it may not be feasible. 

6. At this point in time there are rumours that Samsung is listening to Consumers so do send FEEDBACK.

 

SOLUTIONS TO TRY ( Either one or a combination of the below)

1. Turn OFF EYE COMFORT

2. Turn OFF ENHANCED COMFORT if EYE COMFORT is ON

3. Someone suggested wipe caching the accessibilities settings (will come back on this one if I find it)

4. If it's really bad try a phone Wipe Cache and Repair Apps when in same Menu

5. Try Factory Resetting your Phone. (Wouldn't really recommend this as it won't really make much difference due to explained fact above. It might make a slight difference but not much)

 

FINAL THOUGHTS

I would say enjoy the phone as it's not really a deal breaker for a lot of people specially those coming from the s23 series (I have spoken to a few, and some didn't even notice)

There is a possibility Samsung might release some update for the VIVID and NATURAL Toggle or Just remove it to avoid confusion.

Comments and further discussions are Welcome. (Do post which phone you are coming from and what is washed out for you e.g.: icons, pictures, videos etc.)

Thanks for Reading if you made it this far. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GoanGeek
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Just saying BS doesn't get the issues solved.
Please state the phone you are coming from. What it is that most affects you.
Is the screen washed out or the icons etc.
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No it's not, S23U is a very vibrant device what are you talking about?! If people want natural colours they can pick natural, don't need to display vivid as natural lol
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s20+. I had the s, s4, s8 before. my s20+ has better UI quality if you want to describe it that way.

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The actual answer is somewhat technical - It's the software applying sRGB colour palette across the system in SDR content and only switching to full DCI-P3 palette in HDR content, when previous models used the full DCI-P3 palette across the entire system in both SDR and HDR content.

It's not a matter of hardware or the icons - it's a matter of system firmware being written the way it is, so colours get "squashed" into a narrower colour space than what the screen can actually support. It's also why proper HDR content looks amazing on this phone, because suddenly you are actually using the full colour palette.


The question now is - is this intentional by Samsung, and do they intend to keep the system and all non-HDR apps within the sRGB colour space, or was this a mistake/bug and they will revert to what S23 and previous models had - that's the dilemma.
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Again. If you read my post. I felt that if Samsung intented to go full natural they should remove the Vivid toggle.
Also please state is just the icons you feel are dull or screen as a whole.
What about pictures and videos ?
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bjnm
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That's not me, I'm on my fourth Samsung, probably been using them for the last 10 years, HTC 1 and the HTC 10 prior to that. Point is really it doesn't matter what you're coming from of what your perception is, the phone has a function that clearly doesn't work and personally I would like to see it fixed. 👍
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Rude is also opinion.
GoanGeek
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Fair Enough. It definitely is a hot topic.
It's been a shock to the system for quiet the majority.
Will have to see what Samsung come up with.
I personally have adjusted to it within a day.
It's just the Vivid and natural toggle that bothers me. They might as well get rid of the option or keep it like before.
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GoanGeek
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This. You nailed it on the head.

This is the question people should be asking and researching.

Atleast one person understands the grand scale of this fiasco.
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No please, we want this fixed not start a " get rid of" campaign 😉