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ELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world
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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

On Samsung phones your whole screen flashes in a custom color and and animation, and after that you have your always on display. So they are no longer needed with OLED screens that can display it themselves

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    That seems to me a waaay too inefficient indicator of "you have unread notifications"

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Idk why? I like it to see the clock on the always on display, but you can also change it so you just have a small red pixels lit up, to mirror the "notification led style". You can style the aod like you want on Android

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