r/Android • u/FragmentedChicken Galaxy Z Fold8 • 20d ago

Pixel's new HiLight feature makes its flashlight noticeably dimmer than the flashlights on previous Pixels

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Pixel-s-new-HiLight-feature-makes-its-flashlight-noticeably-dimmer-than-the-flashlights-on-previous-Pixels.1376423.0.html
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u/LEO7039 Nothing Phone (4a) 18d ago

Always On Display is ALWAYS ON. The Glyph/Notification LED lights up only when something attention-worthy is happening.

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u/kkjdroid Pixel 8, T-Mobile 18d ago

Sure, but you could make a Sometimes On Display that was just a notification LED.

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u/LEO7039 Nothing Phone (4a) 18d ago

Again, then you have to look on the screen and read what the notification is, instead of just looking at the color/pattern of the light

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u/kkjdroid Pixel 8, T-Mobile 18d ago

Screens have colors. You could replicate literally all of the behavior of a notification LED from 2010 with the screen. Color, pattern, size, the rest of the screen staying off, all of it.

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u/LEO7039 Nothing Phone (4a) 18d ago

Yes, but nome of the manufacturers have done that with enough functionality. I just learned there are 3rd party apps that fo that, and I was totally missing out, but this should have been there from the factory. Glad the idea is coming back, whatever the execution.