It is very common for the brightness of the iPhone 11 Pro Max to reduce on its own, without you having touched or set anything on your smartphone. Don't worry, this phenomenon is completely normal and has been defined by the manufacturer Apple. You will therefore see in this tutorial the reasons why the brightness of your iPhone 11 Pro Max starts to decrease suddenly without you being able to understand why.

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The brightness in automatic mode of your iPhone 11 Pro Max

You should know that iPhones turn out to be equipped with ambient light sensors which give them the possibility of adjusting in real time the level of brightness of the screen of your device in relation to the lighting conditions of your environment. The sensors then decrease the light in the darkest places and increase it in the brightest places. Your iPhone 11 Pro Max therefore sees its brightness reduce or increase on its own depending on the lighting conditions in which you find yourself.

If your iPhone 11 Pro Max brightness drops on its own, turn off auto-brightness

In order to prevent the brightness slider of your iPhone 11 Pro Max from varying depending on the lighting conditions, you can completely disable the automatic brightness of your iOS smartphone. Here is the procedure to follow in order to proceed with the deletion of this function:

  • Open the Settings section of your iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • Then go to the Accessibility section
  • You must now go to Display and text size
  • To be able to reset all auto-brightness settings, uncheck auto-brightness and then re-enable it by following

Why do iOS phones have auto-brightness?

Your iPhone 11 Pro Max is equipped with the automatic brightness function in order to gain in autonomy and to increase the life of the battery of your smartphone. Indeed, when the brightness of your iPhone 11 Pro Max is set to maximum, you consume much more energy than if the slider is in the middle, or even lower. To optimize the battery life of your iPhone 11 Pro Max, we advise you to keep the automatic adjustment function of your smartphone so that it can adjust your screen or manually adjust the brightness on your iPhone 11 Pro Max when you don't need bright light. You can also activate the Night Shift mode which gives the possibility to adjust all the colors of your screen.

Adjust the screen brightness of your iOS smartphone

To be able to adjust the brightness of your iPhone 11 Pro Max, you will have to go through the control center or through the shortcut of your smartphone. You can quickly adjust the brightness of your iPhone 11 Pro Max by swiping the screen of your smartphone from the bottom to the top and moving the brightness bar to adjust it according to your needs.

To be able to adjust the brightness of your iPhone 11 Pro Max through the settings, you will have to proceed as follows:

  • Open Settings on your iPhone 11 Pro Max
  • Then go to Brightness and Display
  • Drag the slider right or left depending on your brightness needs

It is also possible to activate the dark option which gives the possibility of increasing the visual comfort of your iPhone 11 Pro Max.

In the event that you want other solutions on your iPhone 11 Pro Max, we invite you to read the tutorials in the category: iPhone 11 Pro Max.