zephyr@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?message-square121fedilinkarrow-up1474arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1463arrow-down1message-squareELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?zephyr@lemmy.world to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square121fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremoisttoast34@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year agoMy guess it is cheaper to do software features rather than a physical led … cutting costs at every corner
minus-squareNewNewAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoEvery phone has an LED for the camera flash.
minus-squareRickRussell_CA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year agoHow is that relevant to the OP’s question?
minus-squareInfinitenonblondes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThey could make it blink with software to notify you.
minus-squareZERO16LIVES@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoMy phone (galaxy z fold 4) has this feature built in, it’s under accessibility. I believe iphones can do it too.
minus-squarejBlight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoFor the fold 4, do you know if there is there a way to customize a color for each specific app?
minus-squareZERO16LIVES@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoColor? Like of the LED? There isn’t it’s just the camera flash
minus-squareRouxibeau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoOne of my old LGs would flash an LED based on conditions and I could include the camera flash as an option. I assume he is implying that since every phone with a camera has a flash, that it could be strobed.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoOn the front though? *Huh mine does, I never use the selfie camera. Anyone else seeing spots?
My guess it is cheaper to do software features rather than a physical led … cutting costs at every corner
Every phone has an LED for the camera flash.
How is that relevant to the OP’s question?
They could make it blink with software to notify you.
My phone (galaxy z fold 4) has this feature built in, it’s under accessibility. I believe iphones can do it too.
For the fold 4, do you know if there is there a way to customize a color for each specific app?
Color? Like of the LED? There isn’t it’s just the camera flash
One of my old LGs would flash an LED based on conditions and I could include the camera flash as an option. I assume he is implying that since every phone with a camera has a flash, that it could be strobed.
On the front though?
*Huh mine does, I never use the selfie camera. Anyone else seeing spots?