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-squaremessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1480arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1469arrow-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-square116fedilinkfile-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-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoOn the front though? *Huh mine does, I never use the selfie camera. Anyone else seeing spots?
minus-squareRickRussell_CA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·1 year agoHow is that relevant to the OP’s question?
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-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
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.
On the front though?
*Huh mine does, I never use the selfie camera. Anyone else seeing spots?
How is that relevant to the OP’s question?
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.
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