Should I disable auto-brightness to save battery on my new phone?

[AaronT]

My new phone's battery seems to drain incredibly fast, even when I'm just browsing on Wi-Fi. I checked the battery usage stats, and the screen is listed as the top consumer by a huge margin, but my brightness is set to auto and I'm not using it more than my old phone.

[Robert_T]

I went through something similar with a newer model. Even when I was just browsing on Wi Fi the screen felt like the main drain. I ended up forcing the display to 60 Hz and turning off extra motion in the accessibility settings. It helped for a day or two before the drain crept back.

[Tyler10]

It also crossed my mind that the battery stats can mislead you. I killed a couple of apps that kept waking and checked wake locks, but the screen still looked like the culprit.

[William.J]

I tried rebooting, clearing cache, and even resetting display calibration once, but nothing permanent changed. The phone still felt warm and the battery dropped quickly.

[Dennis.T]

Have you checked whether the display is actually running at a high refresh rate all the time or if adaptive brightness is misbehaving?