Manage screen & display settings on a Pixel phone

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch.
3. Tap the setting that you want to change. To see more settings, tap Advanced.

Themed icons

Dark theme

Colors

Touch sensitivity (Pixel only)

• Adaptive touch: To improve how well your phone senses your touch:
  1. Open your phone's Settings app.
  2. Tap Display & touch Touch Sensitivity Adaptive touch.
• Screen protector: To increase sensitivity when you use a screen protector:
  1. Open your phone's Settings app.
  2. Tap Display & touch Touch Sensitivity Screen protector mode.

Wallpaper

• Styles & wallpapers (Pixel 2 & later): Change your phone's accent color, icon shapes, and fonts, or pick a type of wallpaper. Learn how to change your styles & wallpapers.
• Wallpaper (Pixel 1 only): Pick from default wallpapers, live wallpapers, and your photos. Learn how to change your wallpaper.

Screen timeout

Change how long it takes for your phone’s screen to go black when you’re not using it.

Adaptive timeout

You can set your phone to turn off your screen early when you’re not using it. This saves battery life and helps prevent accidental calls.

1. Open your phone’s Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch Screen Timeout Adaptive timeout.

Screen attention (Pixel 4 & later)

Keep your screen turned on when you're looking at it.

Tip: Screen attention works best when the screen is well-lit but not in direct sunlight.

Adaptive tone

Important: This feature is available on Pixel 10 and later phones.

Automatically adjust your screen’s color temperature to match the surrounding light.

Tip: This is called Ambient EQ on Pixel 4 and earlier devices.

Smooth Display

For some content, you can automatically raise the refresh rate for:

• Pixel 8a: up to 120 Hz
• Pixel 8 Pro: 1–120 Hz
• Pixel 8: 60–120 Hz
• Pixel Fold: up to 120 Hz
• Pixel 7 and 7a: up to 90 Hz
• Pixel 7 Pro: up to 120 Hz

Tips:

• This increases battery usage.
• When Battery Saver is on, Smooth Display is disabled.

Screen saver

Set a screen saver to show photos, colorful backgrounds, and more while your phone is charging. Learn how to use screen savers.

Font size

Change the size of words on your screen.

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch Display size and text.
3. Under "Font size," move the slider to make the font bigger or smaller.

Display size

Make the items on your screen smaller or larger.

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch Display size and text.
3. Under "Display size," move the slider to make the display bigger or smaller.

Auto-rotate screen

Turn what's showing on the screen when you turn your phone.

Tip: You can rotate your screen while Auto-rotate is turned off. Rotate your phone, then in the corner, tap Rotate .

Adjust brightness for sensitive eyes

Important: This feature is available on Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold.

For users who may be sensitive to the OLED display emission frequency, enabling this setting may help with your viewing experience.

1. Open your phone’s Settings app.
2. Tap Accessibility.
3. Turn on Adjust brightness for sensitive eyes.

Tip: This feature only provides customization options and doesn’t intend to imply any medical advice. If you experience any symptoms which you believe could be caused by your phone, refer to Pixel's safety and regulatory guide.

When phone is in VR mode

Change whether your phone reduces blur or flicker when in VR mode.

Use Simple View

You can turn on Simple View to make your phone easier to read and use.

To turn on in Setup Wizard:

1. When you set up your Pixel phone for the first time, you'll find the "Welcome to your Pixel" screen.
2. Tap Accessibility Set up with Simple View.
3. Turn on Use Simple View.

To turn on in Settings:

1. Open your phone’s Settings app.
2. Tap Accessibility.
3. Under "Quick Access," tap Simple View.
4. Turn on Use Simple View.

Learn more about how to use Simple View on your Pixel phone.

Important: This feature is available on Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold.

To help reduce eye strain, this feature uses filters to give your screen a softer color.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch Comfort filters.
3. Turn Comfort View on or off.
   • To automatically adjust the intensity based on your environment, turn on Adaptive.
   • To manually adjust the intensity:
     1. Turn off Adaptive.
     2. Adjust the “Intensity” slider.

Turn Comfort View on or off from Quick Settings

Important: You might need to edit your Quick Settings to add Comfort View.

1. From the top of your screen, swipe down.
2. Tap Comfort filters .
3. Turn Comfort View on or off.

You can make it easier to use your phone in dim light. Use Night Light to limit harsh blue light at night.

Pixel 10 phones except Pixel 10a

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch Comfort filters.
3. Turn Night Light on or off.

To turn Night Light on or off from Quick Settings:

1. From the top of your screen, swipe down.
2. Tap Comfort filters .
3. Turn Night Light on or off.

Pixel 9 & earlier, Pixel 10a

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch Night Light.
3. Turn Night Light on or off.

To turn Night Light on or off from Quick Settings:

1. From the top of your screen, swipe down.
2. Tap Night Light.
3. Turn Night Light on or off.

Tips:

• You can customize the schedule of Night Light. Learn how to use Night Light.
• To adjust the intensity, use the “Intensity” slider.

You can turn off your screen when you’re not using it.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Display & touch.
3. Turn off Always-on Display.