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How to Lower Animations on Android Below 0.5

In this guide, we will show you the steps to lower the animations on your Android device below 0.5. I have personally never been a fan of the numerous animation styles that the Android OS has to offer as having them disabled gives a snappier and faster user experience. As a result, all three types of animations, namely Windows Animation Scale, Transition Animation Scale, and Animator Duration Scale have always been turned off on my device.

However, recently, I found out that turning off this functionality had a direct negative impact on the split-screen functionality. But I wasn’t ready to enable it yet. So I first tried setting the animation to the lowest value provided by the OS, which is 0.5. Unfortunately, that wasn’t enough. So I went on an expedition and found a nifty workaround through which you could lower the animations to a value lower than 0.5 on your Android device.

In my case, I set the value to 0.10 which helped me address both issues- the animations remained turned on thereby split screen was once again up and running and the low value of the animations didn’t had any impact on my usage experience as such. If you also echo a similar thought process, then let’s get started with steps right away.

How to Lower Animations on Android Below 0.5

Lower Animations on Android Below 0.5

  1. Download and extract Android SDK Platform Tools on your PC.galaxy s23 ultra recovery mode
  2. Then go to Settings > System > Tap on Build Number 7 times.
  3. Now go to System > Developer Options > Enable USB Debugging.install android 14
  4. Then connect your device to your PC via a USB cable.
  5. Now open Command Prompt inside the platform-tools folder.
  6. Then type in the below command to open the shell environment
    adb shell

    Lower Animations on Android Below 0.5

  7. You will now get a prompt on your device, tap Allow.Lower Animations on Android Below 0.5
  8. Now execute the below commands [replace 0.10 with the desired value]
    settings put global window_animation_scale 0.10
    settings put global transition_animation_scale 0.10
    settings put global animator_duration_scale 0.10
  9. To verify if the value has been set, type in the below three commands:
    settings get global window_animation_scale
    settings get global transition_animation_scale
    settings get global animator_duration_scale
  10. Do note that the values that you have set will not be visible under Developer Options.
  11. You will have to take the help of the above STEP 10 commands to verify the same.
  12. However, if you want to revert to the default values, then you could do so via Developer Options.
  13. Likewise, you could also use the three STEP 9 commands and replace 0.10 with the desired values.

These were the steps to lower the animations below 0.5 on your Android device. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.


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