"I consume a firehose of online content every day as part of my job. At some point in the last week, through a post, comment, or video I can no longer remember, I became aware of a shortcut for tinkering with the brightness on my Switch 2. Turns out this existed on the original Switch as well. All you have to do his hold down the home button to instantly bring up the slider. Eureka!"
"I change my brightness settings a lot depending on where I'm sitting, the time of day, how bright it is outside, and who's around me. To cut down on the glare in my porch room, I boost it to the max. To save battery on long car rides with the kids, I toggle it way down. In bed with my partner and two-year-old while grinding runs of Hades 2, I also keep the screen dim to not wake them up."
"And every damn time I did it, I was going back to the home screen, clicking on the settings, and going to the screen brightness bar. Was this the biggest hassle in the world? Obviously not! But I love games and I love gaming hardware and one of the cornerstones of that hobby is min-maxing and I felt a little pang of humiliation when I realized I'd been using my Switch sub-optimally all these years."
Hold the home button on a Nintendo Switch or Switch 2 to instantly bring up the screen brightness slider. The shortcut exists on both the original Switch and the Switch 2. Many players adjust brightness frequently for location, time of day, ambient light, and who is nearby. Users increase brightness to cut glare on bright porches and decrease brightness to save battery during long car rides. Dim settings are often used in bed to avoid waking others during late-night sessions. Some long-time owners may not realize the shortcut and instead navigate through the home screen and settings each time.
Read at Kotaku
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