Using your smartphone in the bright Sunlight is often found difficult if the auto-brightness is turned off. It becomes nearly impossible for the user to see anything until the brightness is turned to the considerable level. However, the Xiaomi has found a new way to adjust the display backlight even if auto-brightness is turned off. Xiaomi has introduced a new “Sunlight Mode” display setting in MIUI 11 to ease the operation under direct sunlight.
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Sunlight Mode will switch to the highest brightness level once it gets the direct sunlight. It is equivalent to the “high brightness mode” that is present or get triggered once the ambient light becomes sufficiently bright. According to our folks at XDA Developers, the new model gets triggered once the ambient lighting crosses 12000 lux for 5 seconds. It is reduced and set to the previous state when the lighting drops below 12000 lux for 2 seconds.
In MIUI 11 changelog, Sunlight Mode is said to “adjust the brightness to strong ambient light when automatic brightness is off”. It is quite useful for users who often get into the direct sunlight and hate using the auto-brightness mode. Xiaomi Sunlight Mode will use readings from the ambient light sensor to make it work.
It will come to all the Xiaomi devices running MIUI 11. It is quite a useful feature for users.
Additionally, MIUI 11 is based on Android 10 and feature various new enhancements and features. There’s a whole new UI, Mi Share file-transfer, Aways-On-Display, Digital Wellbeing, Quick Replies, Mi Work and other apps that are present in the MIUI 11. Xiaomi has already rolled out the MIUI 11 to Poco F1, Redmi K20 series, Redmi 5, and various other devices. However, the devices such as Redmi Note 6 Pro, Redmi 7A, Redmi 8 will soon get the stable update
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