Velis Auto Brightness

Get the fun back to your auto brightness...

App info

Version :

5.01

Category :

Tools

Update :

March 28, 2023

Installs :

490,379

Developer :

Velis Works

Requires Android :

Android 4.0+

Content Rating :

Everyone

Get it on :

Download APK

App description

Android App Analysis and Review: Velis Auto Brightness, Developed by Velis Works. Listed in Tools Category. Current Version Is 5.01, Updated On 28/03/2023 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Velis Auto Brightness. Achieved Over 490 thousand Installs. Velis Auto Brightness Currently Has 5 thousand Reviews, Average Rating 3.9 Stars

NOTICE: this app has been discontinued and only remains in the play store for existing users.

Usage manual & FAQ: http://velisthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/10/velis-auto-brightness-manual.html
XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1910521

Note: This app uses Accessibility services for the following functions:
- lock screen
- screen overlay
- service operation
We do not collect any data and do not perform any actions.

Note: The app also uses permission to query all installed apps for the following functions:
- Excluded apps feature: displaying the list of all installed apps so that you can select which ones to exclude
We do not collect any data and do not use the permission for anything other than identifying the apps you want VAB to turn off for.

Note: Despite this, it still needs some other special permissions. All needed permissions are explained in the initial configuration wizard and you will be directed to their appropriate configuration pages as you set up the app for the first time. Any missing permissions of this nature are reported in a snack on main page.
Note: Notification is mandatory for this app because without it Android will stop the service too often for too long.

Also please see XDA thread about language support. Any translation help most welcome!

Velis auto brightness aims to provide the best possible brightness experience by using your devices sensors to determine the environment you're in. You have complete control over how much brightness will be applied for any given light condition, from selecting the sensors used to fully customizable brightness graph. This is a replacement for system provided auto-brightness functionality usually found in Settings / Display / Brightness

Features:

- Initial configuration wizard for an easy start
- User-selectable sensors: light, proximity, cameras
- Brightness presets for every taste and screen
- Profiles (save the brightness graph under your own name)
- Fully customizable brightness graph to fit your needs or cover your sensor’s faults
- Extensive sensitivity adjustments (light change threshold, smoothing times up / down, boost threshold)
- Superdimming to make those shades really dark
- Excluded apps (will disable Velis Auto Brightness when they are in use)
- Launcher widget with on/off button, profile select button and a brightness graph
- Tasker / Locale support for many sensor readings and app settings
- Convenient in-app store for premium content (some tasker and widget functionality) and developer support
- Custom app language
- Additional brightness when charging
- Only uses sensors when screen is on conserving battery

Tasker plug-in / Locale plug-in: Provides conditions for screen on, calculated light reading, proximity sensor reading, calculated brightness. Exposes many settings to locale / tasker for detailed adjustment from these managers. Some of this functionality is premium content available through in-app purchase.

App homepage: http://velisthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/09/velis-auto-brightness.html
XDA thread (best for support): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32142069

Activating multiple auto-brightness applications will not produce expected results so make sure only Velis auto brightness is active while you test it. This file is provided AS IS - without any warranty. The autor will not be liable for any (un)imaginable inconveniences, including, but not limited to your phone frying or your screen starting to shoot launcher widgets at you. :)

This app is available in following languages: Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Italian, German, Greek, Hungarian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Slovene, Vietnamese
Thanks to all the translators for their hard work. Please see homepage if you want to help with translations.

We are currently offering version 5.01. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

We have more than 2000+ available devices for Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola, LG, Google, OnePlus, Sony, Tablet ... with so many options, it’s easy for you to choose games or software that fit your device.

It can come in handy if there are any country restrictions or any restrictions from the side of your device on the Google App Store.

What's New

* Fix an issue where settings would not activate transparent widget setting on purchase
* Fix for triple touch not accepting values higher than 3
* Fix for app not receiving notification of charger plugging in / disconnecting

Rate and review on Google Play store

3.9

4,734 total

5 58.1

4 11.0

3 11.0

2 5.0

1 14.9

Total number of ratings

Total number of active users rated for: Velis Auto Brightness

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

A Google user

THIS IS IT. What you want: an app that will automatically dim your screen more than Android's retina-searing auto brightness. This does that. You'll want to enable "superdim" under advanced settings, which allows even lower brightness levels. The only way an app can fix this is by drawing over the screen, and recent versions of Android make it harder to do this instead of fixing auto-brightness. I hope this app continues to work or we can get the dev to open source it. No updates since 2017.

Brad Brad

Best one I've used. I'm yet to have an Android where the default Auto brightness works. I've had a number of apps to do it and they required constant fiddling. This one I install, next next next and the defaults are good. Only problem I have is remembering which app it was when I get a new phone because it's so low maintenance. Ok if I had to say something negative, is that there's a few too many questions on install, I accept them all as the defaults are fine.

B Butty

Thanks for the useful app! I am using VAB as an alternative to Lux (discontinued) on my new phone. Although the configuration is very complicated, it does work. I am now tweaking the config. with various changing light levels. I feel the screen brightness step should be smaller (< 1) when the light level is very low. But it might not be achievable due to phone or Android's specs.

Adrian M

Has been working great for years and now after the latest update it hangs and doesn't adjust anymore. >.< I had a bad feeling about this update after going so long without problems, I should've followed my gut and refused the update. [BTW, it works fine for me without the interactive notification on Oreo. Just excluded it from battery optimization in system settings and it stays active all the time, I have no issues. Usually just stops when installing an update for it or when I kill it myself.]

A Google user

Edit: I figured out a fix Broke my phone. I uninstalled the app, and now I can't control the brightness on my phone(through settings, quicksettings, or even tasker). I reinstalled the app and found the "disable system handler". I still can't control my brightness manually, even after uninstalling. Edit: I turned off the persistent notification and the system handler disable then uninstalled, and it's working right again. You should have an uninstall menu option that does this for you

Stanislav Mekhanoshin

The idea is good: I can set my own screen brightness for each level of ambient brigtness sensor reading. At this point everything good ends and starts the ugly. It forgets what I have just configured, it behaves differently in different apps, it behaves differently after reboot (i.e. with the same set brightess level I have different actual brightness at a margin of 10%), it does not react to settings sometimes until reboot, and finally beeing disabled reenables itself.

πravin

Works extremely well and love the customization, but for extreme low end devices like mine without a sensor, could you add a feature where the front camera periodically checks the brightness? Maybe at an extremely low resolution, to conserve power and have less of a performance hit. Please reply, I hate samsung's auto brightness and yours doesn't work as the phone can't detect brightness

Robert Myers

Display over other apps causes problems. Went on app works perfect. Went off app does not work. Went on it interferes with websites and other applications and denies permissions. I am using Android 14 on a Pixel 7. I like the app much better than the Android display but need the app to work all the time, not over other apps. Is there a fix for this or a solution?