Nougat Tip: Get brightness control back in the notification shade

If you had followed our coverage of the Nougat beta for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, you had probably heard that at one point Samsung had removed the brightness control slider from the notification shade. Samsung later added a toggle for putting the brightness slider back in the notification shade; unfortunately, the final version of Nougat also hides the brightness control in the expanded quick toggles menu, so we decided to put together this post for those wondering how to put brightness control back into its original place.

To do so, drag down the notification shade, and then drag it down again to see the full list of quick toggles. See the brightness control slider here? Hit the down-facing arrow next to the slider to expand the brightness settings, then enable the Show control on top option. That's it: you will now be able to control display brightness from the main notification shade again. Enabling or disabling auto brightness is still an extra step as you have to hit the arrow next to the brightness slider, but we're hoping Samsung will fix this with a future update.

Found anything new on Nougat? Let us know in the comments, and check out our other Nougat tips for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge.

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

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Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.

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