Hey everyone, I ran a brightness test for the Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 to see how much brighter the Ultra 2 really is. According to Apple, it is 50% brighter, but apparently it requires the sun to be the brightest it’s ever been to see the true potential of the newer display.
And when the sun isn’t at its brightest, you won’t see a difference between the two watches.
It is also worth noting that the Ultra 2 is now dimmer than the Ultra 1 in low-light environments, as the 2 dims down to 1 nit in low-light.
I am a bit disappointed in the aggressive marketing of the Ultra 2 being the brightest display ever on an Apple Watch, but it is what it is, and I still love the watch.
What I really would love to see is the ability to control the brightness on the Ultra 2, and I am surprised Apple doesn’t allow this, as they are known for personalization/ease of use.
With that said, here are the results of that test:
https://thewearableguy.com/apple-watch-ultra-1-vs-2-brightness/
I definitely don’t have this issue.
You might try just getting a replacement UW2 first (assuming you’ve already done a hard reset to check software)
Also possible that this is a human variation thing. 🤷 (Is there a consensus yet? I’ve seen a few people mention this, but most UW2 users seem to have no problem.)