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ELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by zephyr@lemmy.world 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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[-] PastaGorgonzola@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm not convinced by this argument: at the back of the phone is a built-in LED (used as the flash). Which could be used for notifications too.
Phones with OLED screens could use part of the screen as a notification as well. Both of these can be accomplished in software. Currently you have to notice that something happens as it happens, otherwise you need to at leas activate the screen. The notification LED was useful in that you could glance at your phone and see if you missed something.

[-] Schart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use an app on my Pixel 7 that uses a small portion of the OLED around the front facing camera cutout to generate custom colored notifications. This is similar to how dynamic island on IOS works and since I do not use the always on display it mimics an LED light for my notification needs.