Looking at all the features that older phones uses to have compared to newer ones, I never hear anyone talk about the removal of the notification LED. I personally really liked that feature, being able to see if I got an email, a text or missed a call without turning on my phone was awesome. My Samsung note 8 had this feature, but to my knowledge, newer phones (in the major companies anyway) have abandoned this feature. Did everyone else unanimously agree they don’t care for this feature?

  • s38b35M5@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Same. My Nexus 5x was the last device I had with this feature. Until then evvry device I owned had it, and I always tweaked it so color was unique to each app. Its a shame when something not useful to 100% of users is phased out with no alternative.

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      11 months ago

      First thing I do when I get my phone is turn off the ‘always on’ display. I don’t care how efficient a dim screen can be, I hate having a screen on all the time. It’s so wasteful. The notification LED is sorely missed.

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      11 months ago

      There is an app called aodnotify that can do that using the always on display option, but only displaying the notification light.