To say that the Google Pixel 2’s displays have come under scrutiny would be an understatement. While most of the criticism has been overblown, there’s no arguing that the color calibration of the Pixel 2’s displays aren’t what we’re used to seeing.
The “Problem”: People Apparently Don’t Like Realistic Colors
By “what we’re used to seeing”, I mean that Google offers more realistic colors on the Pixel 2, which compared to all other mainstream phones, makes the displays look “muted” or “washed out.
” As consumers and mobile users, we’re all so used to incredibly oversaturated displays that that’s what we’ve all come to expect on phones. Don’t get me wrong—it looks beautiful! It’s just inaccurate, and Google wanted to fix that. Like with most relatively major changes, however, this hasn’t been a completely welcome one.Note that this “issue” affects both the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL—while the later has come under fire for a number of screen issues, both have the more accurate color range that we’re discussing here.
Both phones do offer a switch in the display settings menu (Settings > Display > Advanced) to enabled “Vivid Colors.” While this may sound like a proper answer to the quandary, this actually just increases the range of colors shown by a nearly unnoticeable ten percent. In other words, it doesn’t do much.
Google will be adding a “Saturated Mode” on the most recent Pixel phones, which will essentially remove all custom settings and allow the display to function without any sort of limitation. While this update will be available “in the coming weeks,” the impatient among you have an alternative solution available right now.
The Solution: Oreo Colorizer Cranks Up the Saturation
Like many other Android annoyances, one enterprising developer wrote an app to “fix” the issue.
It’s called Oreo Colorizer, and it basically does exactly what you’d want it to do: opens the display to show the full range of color that it’s capable of, not just the smaller gamut that Google would prefer it to show.There is one main downside to this, especially compared to Google’s coming update:…
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