Videos on Safari and through AirPlay dim when bright effects pop up. No other browser does this.

West81st wrote:

Videos on Safari and through AirPlay dim when bright effects pop up. No other browser does this.

Title really. When I AirPlay my iPhone to my MacBook, or watch YouTube videos on Safari, there are times the video dims really badly when brighter effects come up, such as explosions or bright lights within the video. This only happens during AirPlay, and when watching content on Safari. Chrome doesn’t have this issue. Does anyone know what might be causing this?

My MacBook Air is running Ventura 13.5.1.

To be proactive you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback direct to the product team here:

Feedback - Safari - Apple

you can try a SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Login and test, reboot as normal and compare the result...

I stumbled across this recently when looking for ways to save iPhone battery life. And since macOS has made System Settings look like iPhone and iPad settings, I figured I would check if they had the same "Dim flashing lights" setting, and it does.

I'm glad what I accidentally tripped across was useful to you 😁

Is "Dim flashing lights" enabled in

System Settings -> Accessibility -> Display