What is a Sunlight or Assertive Display? - Gary explains

[@oliverer3]

I don't care if Gary starts making makeup tutorials I'd watch his videos anyway he explains things so damn well

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A Thumbs up will help Gary as a professor.

[@Elifesound]

That's actually a really practical feature.

[@KarolisValickas]

Thank You soooo much!!! I knew this effect, experienced it with Nokia phones, and now I know how it is called! thank You so much! This was super informative video! Thank You!

[@kunalnarang1912]

Thanks Gary, this is a useful video. I hope the bigger OEMs implement this feature in their devices. Display is one of the most important parts of a smartphone and it expected that these OEMs provide us with this feature.

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[@Lance.planes.and.more1]

Gary Sims, do you know if it's also on the Huawei P9? Thank you

[@alejandro_gr90]

Huawei P20 Pro has this and it's awesome. I actually can perfectly see the screen under direct sunlight at only 70% brightness. It's even more helpful than the auto brightness boost.

[@glenben92]

never expected such a vast improvement!

[@sanketanchan]

Whoa! Always thought that these sunlight readability modes were a bit of a gimmick. The difference is so stark

[@amrut1991]

Xiaomi phones using it from long time. If I remembered correctly they started it when they released Mi4i in India. They have included every phone now.

[@darshang8758]

Amar Bhosale yeah

[@JuliAn-qj2ld]

Xiaomis Sunlight Display ftw!

[@GarySims]

Amar Bhosale Indeed Xiaomi do seem to include it in some of their devices but it isn't in every new Xiaomi device.

[@AdilHusain]

yes its available even in budget phones

[@Trident_Euclid]

Note 4 has it too

[@guitarloser07]

Had no idea this existed. Incredible!

[@2wrdr]

Well and good showing inside, how about moving that outside in bright sunlight to see the real effect?

[@freedomofmotion]

I've noticed this happening on my redmi pro, I thought it was just adjusting contrast and saturation levels but tone mapping is even cooler.

[@alexg.5850]

Gary is Awesome, I love this dude

[@BracaTodorovic]

Thank you very much on this video! I done the same test on my LG V20 it appears that have a same technology as P10, and it's working very good increasing visibility! Thanks is always a pleasure looking you videos and knowledge!

[@BSM9944]

Always love your show...

[@okunyinbaah]

I'd like to test my phone those pictures. So can I pleasd get the pictures you used?

[@shiamjad]

thanks for another excellent informative video

[@darkbyte2005]

thanks Gary , great explanation and demo

[@bushyconn]

Great and interesting explanation. But. More important to us in Australia is being able to see what we are TAKING in our very bright out door light. Do you have an answer to that, other than the old cloth bag?

[@uditshakya7305]

great video...👍

[@InvisiMan2006]

This is a feature I loved having on my Note 4 - it was very readable in bright sunlight because of the special display mode that kicked in.

[@sakethchilukuri2844]

Is this same as the LOCAL CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT introduced in the GALAXY S5?

[@shmchuck]

Awesome video! :)

[@mohamad_w_abdallah]

Hello Garry , does the mate 9 have assirtive display?

[@jackreacher3383]

My honor 6x have so I think mate 9 have too

[@ahmedkhalifa1999]

I can confirm that Snapdargon 800 series have Assertive Display. The option is available on my Lumia 950 with a Snapdragon 808 SoC. However, the effect is practically quite hard to notice as the maximum brightness of the screen in Auto Mode is blinding; it is even considerably high in Manual Mode.

[@brunoscocozza7531]

Hi Gary! Brilliantly crystal clear explanation! I would like to ask you something: I have just bought a Mate 10 Pro and I have noticed that most of the texts looks un sharp, like with a white ghost around the letters. This is particularly pronounced when there is black text over white background, for example in the settings menu. Most people dont seem to notice it but for me is extremely clear. Do you think I can disable some image processing to get it better? Best! Bruno

[@nirbhaythacker6662]

Actual explanation starts at 2:06.

[@nirbhaythacker6662]

4:14, mind=blown, image, not so much.

[@achyutarjun]

this was also there on my Nokia Lumia 730!!

[@wilsonlee63]

Assertive display hear it here first, very practical feature to have I take most of my photos & videos outdoors & can't see the app launch & settings.

[@StefanAtzlinger]

can you upload those pictures so we can test it ourselves? great video

[@xistencestudios8904]

Stefan Atzlinger just search high contrast images on Google images

[@savage1267]

Nice. Thank you.

[@mirkodibenedetto3155]

Holy Toaster! That thing works so damn well!

[@brettappleton2761]

My Mate 9 has that but not under display settings... It's under Developer Options....

[@jackreacher3383]

Brett Appleton enable the increase readability under sunlight

[@markrobby7136]

Wow that was dope! so even Huawei is far advance than the pixel.

[@power-max]

So it bumps up the gamut... Doesn't seem all that fancy, I would prefer to start seeing proper trans-reflective screens. My old palm centro phone had one of these. It allows sunlight to light up the screen the same as a backlight would.

[@gulammohiddin6894]

Gary you are pointing the torch at the front facing camera on Pixel phone and not the sensor .. The sensor array in at the middle below the ear piece..

[@xistencestudios8904]

Gulam Mohiddin he put it in the middle as well go check the footage , he knew nothing would happen so he did not care much , he showed the difference between not having the feature vs having it . he was not comparing them!

[@tecam2]

good video

[@punam1500]

wow thank you thank you very much

[@thebeWorld19]

Does the honor 8 have it ?

[@achyutarjun]

wouldn't adaptive display help in the pixel?

[@xistencestudios8904]

Achyut Arjun THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF THE VIDEO

[@dhirajdeore434]

very nice....

[@gasserabousaif]

Is this feature on the OnePlus 5?

[@soomjeetsahoo8710]

wow... does that mean the phones should have better chip with better ISP to have assertive display?? ques. to gary. pls rply

[@GarySims]

Assertive Display is independent meaning that it can be included in a SoC regardless of the other component, or in other words because a SoC has Assertive Display it doesn't mean its other blocks like the ISP or GPU are good.

[@hongheng9510]

does LG V20 have it?

[@samiagius422]

If only phone HDR was that powerful!

[@ronaldo7771]

does the galaxy s8 have an assertive display.

[@BenWillock]

Interesting choice of background music for a tech video...

[@GarySims]

I was going for a summer theme rather than a tech theme, since I was talking about sunlight readability!

[@BenWillock]

And there was me thinking I'd been teleported to a medieval tavern :p

[@elie3423]

very good

[@Smjh123]

You can force assertive display on snapdragon 800+ devices via an app called L speed. (needs root).

[@paulievee8830]

What can we do if we don't have it?

[@ritam_chakraborty]

I think the light sensor on pixel is under the front speaker, not around the front camera.

[@kevinlarsson6132]

Could it be possible to do so though? And on the topic, where the hell is the proximity sensor on the Huawei P10 Lite?

[@ritam_chakraborty]

Good question.

[@kevinlarsson6132]

I looked on a teardown of the P9 (it has the same sensor configuration), and it looked like the proximity sensor is directly below the visible ambient light sensor. The question is then, how did they "camouflage" the proximity sensor. Would it be possible to hide the ambient light sensor in the same way too?

[@ritam_chakraborty]

Xuraiy maybe, well iPhone has no visible proximity sensor like p10. how smart watches manage to hide the light sensor. do you have any idea?

[@kevinlarsson6132]

Well, Apple must be doing the same thing as Huawei. Smartwatches hide the light sensors under the display, like Apple Watch and Samsung Gear S3, so you could think that you could manage to hide the proximity sensor in the same way. But why don't more manufactures hide their sensor then, for a cleaner look?

[@ogindianspice]

my old galaxy s6 had something like this. i always noticed that when i went outside with auto brightness turned on, the colors got extra saturated and everything looked very bright. now i know why

[@khaledkakeesh4136]

Samsung has something similar to this in their devices my s7 edge and note 4 increase the contrast automatically when they Detects sunlight

[@arjunthomas]

Hi Gary☺️

[@GarySims]

Hi Arjun.

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[@momar2417]

does the Samsung Galaxy S8 have assertive display?

[@GarySims]

Momar No.

[@momar2417]

Gary Sims thanks, love ur videos keep up the great work man

[@momar2417]

no more question. how do u know what phones have this feature?

[@GarySims]

Momar It is hard to tell which is what I say in the video, I wish OEMs were more open about this.

[@momar2417]

Gary Sims again thanks for the replys

[@PhalgunKP]

we need something like this in photo editing apps

[@xistencestudios8904]

Phalgun KP just edit photos to have a higher brightness do you even not know that ?

[@PhalgunKP]

Xistence Xplains Theology I know that !! what I was talking about was , see 4:23 how the sky stays as it is and the surrounding area brightens up without losing detail it would be nice to have a ready feature like that in apps

[@xistencestudios8904]

Phalgun KP well you are right , but there is the Samsung photo editor , it enables you to select a portion (Marquee) and edit it so you could increase the brightness of a specific spot

[@mathiasm8489]

i really need this to play pokemon go outdoor

[@abucketofelves]

looks like it would help if they applied it while you were indoors too

[@GarySims]

There is an optional indoor version of Assertive Display as well, but trying to find out which phones support it (so that I could test it) is hard.

[@Shrisamarth2601]

I was not knowing but after this video i came to know my honor 10 supports😁

[@hridoy4662]

I didnt know that thank u AA

[@dunkanlord]

oneplus one have something like that and i love it :D and even know that all devices dont have it thought its more software then hardware

[@Pravardhanreddy]

my OCD went crazy with that unaligned phone

[@jackreacher3383]

My honor 6x have assertive display too😇

[@totisa93]

Why are you constantly looking to your left?

[@GarySims]

It is a bad habit of mine, I keep glancing at the articulated screen of my camera to check the shot is OK. I film the videos on my own, so there is no camera operator to help.

[@totisa93]

not a big deal :D Cheers

[@MiracleWarriors]

The S8 can get a super bright screen when the device is in direct sun light.

[@lumiannah]

MiracleWarriors Basically it pumps up the brightness above normal levels with greater battery drain thus not as ideal solution as this.

[@johndow2981]

Lumianna Hyppönen it actually doesn't.

[@johndow2981]

Lumianna Hyppönen I actually tried Gary's method and it worked perfectly on my s8

[@lumiannah]

John Dow "On the Galaxy S8 the Maximum Screen Brightness can go much higher when Automatic Brightness is turned On, so that users can’t permanently park the Manual Brightness slider to very high values, which would run down the battery quickly. When Automatic Brightness is turned On, the Galaxy S8 produces up to a very impressive 1,020 cd/m2 (nits) in High Ambient Light, where high Brightness is really needed. When the display Brightness is set Manually with the slider, it can be adjusted to reach a maximum screen Brightness of up to 610 nits" www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_S8_ShootOut_01.htm I gathered from various sites that power consumption in boosted max brightness is approx 1.5x more than in manual max brightness.

[@johndow2981]

Lumianna Hyppönen auto brightness and manual brightness don't work the same way...I didn't say anything about automatic brightness.

[@xistencestudios8904]

i thought that this was a display that works like everything else by reflecting light instead of emiting it

[@deepee1544]

Why isn't this built in to every phone??

[@mehrankhan5053]

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[@OneMomentPls]

After watching this video, i notice my phone(xperia x) had something similar going on

[@Trident_Euclid]

I find this feature on my Note 4 by accident.

[@imanuelrevana]

i think, mi4c has sunlight display since 2015

[@Alpha1Epsilon2]

what's with his left eye

[@yeshjadhav8082]

Xiaomi Redmi 3s has medium stability in sunlight I will give 60℅ out of 100

[@Deionx]

If your on a phone double tap the left side of the screen really fast(Going back) at the start of the video

[@crones87]

Whatever happened to this technology?

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