zephyr to Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish · 2 years agoELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1490arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1479arrow-down1message-squareELI5: Why did LED notification lights silently got removed from phone?zephyr to Explain Like I'm FiveEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square104fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremoisttoast34linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 years agoMy guess it is cheaper to do software features rather than a physical led … cutting costs at every corner
minus-squareNewNewAccountlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agoEvery phone has an LED for the camera flash.
minus-squaresomeguy3linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 years agoOn the front though? *Huh mine does, I never use the selfie camera. Anyone else seeing spots?
minus-squareRickRussell_CAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·2 years agoHow is that relevant to the OP’s question?
minus-squareRouxibeaulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years 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-squareInfinitenonblondeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoThey could make it blink with software to notify you.
minus-squareZERO16LIVES@vlemmy.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoMy phone (galaxy z fold 4) has this feature built in, it’s under accessibility. I believe iphones can do it too.
minus-squarejBlightlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up3·2 years 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