The OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro do not have a notification LED light, but you can fix that, sort of. There is an app in the Google Play Store that allows you to add a notification LED light to the OnePlus 8 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you miss the days when Android phones had a front-facing LED for notifications? If so, do you wish to get it on your current Android smartphone? Well, it turns out you can get a notification LED on ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

One feature that has existed on phones for a pretty long time but is now slowly disappearing is the notification LED. I remember my mum’s Samsung C100, back when I was much younger, with its ...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has a big screen that’s always on and a bright blinking notification LED at the top. And while these are features most people love you can disable them if you want. In this ...

Google may be developing “Magic Actions” for Android, an AI-powered enhancement to notification actions that could leverage the Gemini AI model. This new feature, which we spotted in Android 16 code, ...

Google is preparing support for “summarized” notifications in Android 16, as revealed by code in the third beta update. Android 16’s latest update is out now and, on the surface, there aren’t a ton of ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...