How To Disable Auto Brightness on iPad

Is there anything more annoying than your iPad screen brightness changing on its own?

It’s even worse if you use your iPad for customer-facing things, such as self-service kiosks, event registration, or showing important info to a client.

One minute, the screen glows lovely, bright, and clear. The next, it dims, making everything harder to see. Not exactly ideal when you’re trying to make a good impression or keep everything running smoothly.

So, what’s going on?

Well, all iPads have a built-in feature called auto-brightness. It’s this feature that brightens or dims your screen based on the light levels in your environment. The purpose of it is to make the screen easier to see and save battery life, but let’s be honest – it doesn’t always get it right.

If you’re using your iPad to meet customer needs, like at a self-service kiosk, it pays to have it mounted in an iPad stand with hidden charging cables, so you don’t need to worry about saving battery life anyway.

Fortunately, you don’t need to live with temperamental screen brightness. You can easily turn the iPad auto-brightness off by following the steps below.

How To Turn Auto Brightness Off On An iPad

• Step 1: Open the Settings app on your iPad by clicking the cog symbol.
• Step 2: Scroll down the list and tap Accessibility.

• Step 3: Tap on the section that says Display & Text Size.

• Step 4: Scroll down to find Auto-Brightness and toggle it off.

And that’s all there is to it. Problem solved – your iPad screen won’t dim or brighten on its own anymore. 

Set Your iPad Brightness To The Level You Want

All that’s left to do now is take control of your iPad’s screen brightness and set it just the way you (or your customers) like it. Follow the steps below.

• Step 1: Open up the Settings app on your iPad.
• Step 2: Scroll down until you see Display & Brightness. Tap on it to open the brightness settings.
  

• Step 3: Use the brightness slider. Sliding it to the right makes the screen brighter, while sliding it to the left dims it.

• Step 4: Once you set your iPad to the brightness you want, exit the Settings app and your screen will remain at this level.

Need To Adjust Your iPad Brightness Quickly? 

Just swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen to open the Control Center. From there, you can easily slide the brightness bar to whatever level you need.

Improve Customer Experience with Stylish iPad Stands

Now you’ve got your iPad’s brightness set just right and auto-brightness turned off, your screen is ideal for customer-facing use cases.

How about really making your setup much smarter and more secure? 

Whether you’re running a self-service kiosk, handling event registrations, or showing info to customers, Bouncepad has the perfect iPad stand for you.

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