Reduce White Point doesn't solve the problem, but helps reduce brightness while leaving the phone at a higher brightness to reduce the modulation depth. This also results in color and contrast changes. Apple is still one of the worst offenders for flicker sensitive people.
The setting is called "display pulse smoothing" (the description says it WILL disable PWM) and is available in iOS 26, not sure about earlier versions.
So do pixel 10 series with Graphene (though it is only a small improvement). All other pixels are even worse with zero mitigations.
what's it called? searching Settings for "pulse", "width", and "modulation" all produce no results.
Settings → Accessibility → Display & Text Size → Reduce White Point
Also Display Pulse Smoothing (PWM) if you're on Tahoe.
Reduce White Point doesn't solve the problem, but helps reduce brightness while leaving the phone at a higher brightness to reduce the modulation depth. This also results in color and contrast changes. Apple is still one of the worst offenders for flicker sensitive people.
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Thank you!
The setting is called "display pulse smoothing" (the description says it WILL disable PWM) and is available in iOS 26, not sure about earlier versions.