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Notification screen at max brightness when walking - #2480

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@SteveAmor SteveAmor commented Aug 21, 2026

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This is possibly a proof of concept and I am more than open to any feedback on the code and/or enhancements/changes.

I usually have my Pinetime on Low brightness but when I'm walking outside and get notifications I put the brightness on High so I can read them in the light. Given there's no ambient light detector, I realised I could check if I'm walking so I've created this PR.

It would be great if it did make it into the main branch but it's possibly an unusual user case. and there's no settings for it. You can select Motion Auto Bright (MAB) in the Display settings screen to toggle it on and off.

Essentially, if you are walking and you get a notification (or check your notifications), the screen will be at max brightness. There's a 510 second decay for the last time your steps increased to keep this feature "active". After that, notifications will appear at normal brightness.

There may be scope for more types of activities to be triggered in the MotionController.
This PR may also give some ideas for the PTPro.

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Build size and comparison to main:

Section Size Difference
text 380200B 196B
data 936B 0B
bss 22952B 16B

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SteveAmor force-pushed the brightNotificationPreview branch from 7ff5047 to 5c76154 Compare August 22, 2026 16:37
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Toggle for Motion Auto Bright (MAB)

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@mark9064 mark9064 added the new feature This thread is about a new feature label Aug 22, 2026
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Could adding in a daytime check using the sunset/sunrise time be a good addition? Haven't actually tried this but seems like it might avoid being super bright when walking at night. Might be overcomplicating things though

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