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Samsung Galaxy S9 / S9+ - Adjust Brightness / Display Settings

2026-10-22 22:10:54.443

Samsung Galaxy S9 / S9+ - Adjust Brightness / Display Settings

Here's how to adjust screen brightness and other display settings (e.g., Brightness, Font Size, Screen timeout, etc.) for your Galaxy S9 / S9+.
Follow these steps to adjust brightness settings and display / font settings.

Adjust Brightness Settings

  1. From the Brightness section, perform one of the following:
    • To adjust automatically, ensure Adaptive brightness is on Switch on icon.
      Brightness is optimized under varying lighting conditions.
    • To adjust manually, ensure Adaptive brightness is off Switch off icon then slide the
      blue bar
      left or right to adjust the amount of brightness.
  2. Tap the switch(es) for any of the following to turn on Switch on icon or off Switch off icon :
    If necessary, tap each option to configure additional settings.
    • Blue light filter
    • Dark mode
    • Accidental touch protection

Adjust Display / Font Settings

  1. From a Home screen, swipe up or down from the center of the display to access the apps screen.
    These instructions only apply to Standard mode and the default Home screen layout.
  2. Navigate:
    Settings Settings icon
    Display
    .
  3. Tap
    Screen mode
    then select an option (e.g., Adaptive display, Basic, etc.).
  4. Tap the
    Back icon
    Left arrow icon to return to the Display screen.
  5. Tap
    Screen zoom
    .
  6. From the Screen zoom section, slide the
    blue dot
    left or right to adjust the zoom level.
    Slide left to decrease zoom, slide right to increase.
  7. Tap the
    Back icon
    to return to the Display screen.
  8. Tap
    Font size and style
    .
  9. From the Font size section, slide the
    blue dot
    left or right to adjust the size.
    Slide left to decrease text size, slide right to increase.
  10. From the Font style section, select an option (e.g., Default, Gothic Bold, Choco cooky, Cool Jazz, etc.).
  11. Tap
    Screen timeout
    then select an option (e.g., 15 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes, etc.).
  12. Tap
    Screen saver
    , select an option (Colors, Photos, etc.) then tap the
    Back icon
    to save.