Android 14 Developer Preview 2 includes a “Flash notifications” function that will let Pixel owners emulate the long-lost notification LED in the upcoming build. One of the most notable features that ...

Every smartphone has a built-in flashlight, but back in the day, many Android phones featured another hardware light: an LED that shined whenever you received a new notification or alert—a gentle ...

As many of you know by now, the Android 14 Developer Preview 2 is out. We’ve already covered the news, but new bits and pieces are constantly popping up, like the one we’re here to talk about. Android ...

Android 14 looks to bring a big upgrade to how notifications are handled — and with a teensy bit of tinkering, you can add the same superpowers into any phone this second. Everyone in tech circles may ...

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...

I had used the notification LED for years until I got a Galaxy S21 FE, which dropped it in favor of an Always on Display. AOD failed to impress me, and while I still miss the notification LED, I've ...

An Android Police contributor, Kevin is a former editor and writer for News UK, WIRED UK, Which?, The Telegraph, Den of Geek. Samsung owners will be familiar with aodNotify, as a software solution for ...

So I have a Pixel 3 and along with having no headphone jack it also doesn't have a notification LED. And I really, really like that thing. The always-on display is not a substitute because even though ...

We all have a favorite phone. The one that brings up emotions and memories. For me, that phone is the HTC One (M7). I’ve used plenty of smartphones over the years from various brands, including ...

Notification LEDs aren’t exactly Android smartphones’ most exciting accoutrement, but they’re undeniably useful — it’s a lot harder to ignore a blinking diode, after all, than an impermanent buzz or ...