With the launch of the Galaxy S20 series, Samsung, for the first time brought a higher refresh rate screen. However, unlike the competition, Samsung picked a 120Hz panel which is undoubtedly better than 90Hz screens, but it takes a significant toll on battery life. On top of that, Exynos 990 is nowhere near Snapdragon 865 when it comes to power efficiency so that adds to battery woes on the majority of S20 devices sold around the world. Having said that, there is a hidden 96Hz screen refresh rate on Galaxy S20 devices which offers almost the same screen smoothness without hogging the juice. So let’s go ahead and learn how to enable 96Hz Refresh Rate on Galaxy S20 Series without any delay.
Before we move forward, let me clarify that you don’t need root to enable this feature. All you have to do is just run a few ADB commands and you are done. Apart from that, the display on the Galaxy S20 series supports 4 modes: 48Hz, 60Hz, 96Hz, and 120Hz. So you can switch to whichever mode you want, but I would highly recommend the 96Hz screen refresh rate for striking the fine balance between screen smoothness and battery life. Now with all that said, let’s move to the steps.
- To check if you have successfully moved to 96Hz refresh rate, open testufo.com on a web browser. It will show you the current refresh rate which should hover around 96Hz.
