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What is a nifty little feature modern gadgets have lost? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

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[–] 69 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The notification light would also let you know what type of notification it was by colour on my old Samsung Note.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wait they took that away? I have an S9 and I rely on this to know whos messaging me. Blue is textra, purple is whatsapp, white is insta, green is signal.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    I had an S8 a couple years back and upgraded to an S10 when it first came out. The notification light went away and it was a huge bummer. I now have a Pixel 7 and it doesn't have it either, so I've learned to live without it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    An app called aodNotify brings this back for you if you don't have an iPhone. May take a little tweaking to get everything how you want but it's very customizable

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Is there anyway to use this without having the full always on display? Having all of that, which includes notifications, sort of defeats the purpose

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    I had an always on display that illuminated the outside of the display when I received a notification but otherwise stayed off, and I’m on iPhone, so I can’t imagine you don’t have more options on android than I did.

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