Display Settings, Adjust the Screen Brightness, Change the Font Size and Style

Configure your display’s brightness, screen timeout delay, and other display settings.

Adjust the Screen Brightness

Adjust the screen brightness to suit your surroundings or personal preference. You may also want to adjust screen brightness to conserve battery power.

1.From a Home screen, tap Apps > Settings.

2.Tap Display.

3.Customize options under Brightness:

•Drag the Brightness slider to set a custom brightness level.

•Tap Auto to allow the device to adjust brightness automatically.

Note: You can also control Brightness from the Notification panel.

Change the Font Size and Style

You can set the font size and style for all text that is displayed on the screen.

1.From a Home screen, tap Apps > Settings.

2.Tap Display > Font to choose a font size and font style.

•Drag the slider to adjust the font size.

•Tap a font style to select a font, or tap Download fonts to find new fonts from Galaxy Apps.

3.Tap OK to set the font size and style.

Enable Icon Backgrounds

You can show icons with a shaded background to make them stand out on the Home screen and Apps list screen.

1.From a Home screen, tap Apps > Settings.

2.Tap Display > Icon backgrounds and choose one of the following options:

•Icons only: Show icons only.

•Icons with backgrounds: Show icons with shaded backgrounds.

3.Tap Done.

Set the Screen Timeout

Turn the screen off after a set amount of time.

1.From a Home screen, tap Apps > Settings.

2.Tap Display > Screen timeout and choose a time period.

Enable Smart Stay

The screen does not time out as long as you are facing the front camera.

1.From a Home screen, tap Apps > Settings.

2.Tap Display > Smart stay, and tap On/Off to turn the feature on.