{"id":369705,"date":"2026-02-16T07:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/why-boeing-build-777x-dimmable-windows\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T07:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T21:00:17","slug":"why-did-boeing-build-the-777x-with-dimmable-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=369705","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Boeing Build The 777X With Dimmable Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the seasoned traveler, the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"3525580\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><span>Boeing 787 Dreamliner<\/span><\/span> is increasingly becoming a long-haul aircraft of choice. On this unique aircraft, Boeing has introduced a few design features that are extremely specific to that aircraft type. Instead of pulling down a plastic shade, passengers will press a button, and the window will slowly begin to tint from clear to dark. On the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"3525573\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/boeing-777x\/\"  >777X<\/a><\/span>, the manufacturer is bringing this same idea forward into its next-generation high-capacity widebody flagship, with electronically dimmable windows supplied by Gentex, mostly because it aligns with what airlines want from a long-haul cabin in the modern era. Passengers want smoother light control, fewer mechanical parts, and a more premium, curated passenger experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feature also appears on the Boeing 787.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,398,669,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-boeing","category-boeing-777x","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=369705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369706,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369705\/revisions\/369706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=369705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=369705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}