In your smartphone world notification is very useful thing and it notifies you whenever something new occurs in your phone. And many phones in order to notify the user embed a notification light which blink with different color on different occasions like low battery, notifications, fully charged and many such situations will be notified with different colours. But this is limited to few phones only, it's often deem enough not to be detected, and I don't think I need to give any more reasons why you will like to use your LED camera flashlight as notification light.(Note:- Here I will use word LED as for battery conservation most phones have LED but you can use this trick on all types of lights too.) Your phone’s LED Flashlight will start blinking when you receive any notifications like messages or receive any call on your Smartphone. There is the inbuilt feature in iOS to use camera’s flashlight as LED notification which is not in Android by default. However, we have a trick that will help you to use Camera’s LED flashlight as the notification reminder on your android device.
But first we will discuss how to enable LED camera flashlight as notification light on iOS. So let's begin below for your iOS or of you are in search of Android part better skip to next paragraph.
Your iPhone includes an accessibility feature that is specially made available for hearing impaired which gives users a benefit of using LED flash as a hint of incoming notifications. Let’s know how to use LED Flash as notification lights on iPhone.
2. Now in settings tap on General followed by Accessibility.
3. In accessibility part of your iPhone scroll down and under the Hearing section, turn the option for LED Flash for Alerts to On.
That’s it! you are done, now your iPhone’s LED flash should light up every time you receive a notification alert. Now every time you receive any call or SMS your smartphone’s LED will start blinking and you will be able to detect the alert even if your smartphone is on silent mode or on a face-off position.
Android Apps to Use Camera Flash as Notification Indicator
1. Flash Notification for All App
With this app, you will get the features like incoming call flash alert, SMS Flash. The best thing in this app is you can get the flash notification on Viber, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp etc.
Some Features Of 'Flash Notification for all app are:-
*Notification Flash & Screen Flash
*Incoming Call Flash
*SMS Flash
*Flash when a new notification arrives in selected app
(Whatsapp, Email, Twitter, Alarm/Clock, Messenger, any other app)
2. Call Flash: Alert on Call-SMS
CallFlash controls the flash for calls and other notifications. In this way you can be notified by your flash for every notification. It is an open source project, aiming to keep things simple and functional.
Few Features Of Call Flash are as:-
*Operation modes (flash when on silent, vibration or normal mode).
*Notification flash modes (Time based or Repetitive).
*Flash notification for more instant messaging apps, like Viber, Facebook messenger, whatsapp etc…
*Flash only when phone is locked option
*Disable flash on call with volume buttons
*Option to disable flash if battery is low
3. flashME
flashME will be your light notification on your Android phone. The flashlight embedded in your device will promptly blink as your phone is ringing, or a new text has been received. Moreover, you can set/unset the flashlight blinking for each different notification event (Facebook or
Twitter update, calendar alert, any other apps events). You can choose to have your light notification only when your cell phone is upside down, and the light will continue blinking till you get the notification.
That's all about how to use flashlight as the notification light on your android or iOS device. I have tried to explain it well and if you find any problem drop it in comment box below. Hope you liked it and don't forget to share it with your friends.
But first we will discuss how to enable LED camera flashlight as notification light on iOS. So let's begin below for your iOS or of you are in search of Android part better skip to next paragraph.
Your iPhone includes an accessibility feature that is specially made available for hearing impaired which gives users a benefit of using LED flash as a hint of incoming notifications. Let’s know how to use LED Flash as notification lights on iPhone.
How to use the LED flash as notification light on your iPhone
1. First of all launch the Settings on your iPhone.2. Now in settings tap on General followed by Accessibility.
3. In accessibility part of your iPhone scroll down and under the Hearing section, turn the option for LED Flash for Alerts to On.
That’s it! you are done, now your iPhone’s LED flash should light up every time you receive a notification alert. Now every time you receive any call or SMS your smartphone’s LED will start blinking and you will be able to detect the alert even if your smartphone is on silent mode or on a face-off position.
How To Use LED Camera Flashlight As Notification Light on Android
As discussed above this feature is not officially available on Android but you can use this feature on your Android too and all you have to do is just install an app and do some configuration and it's all set. Here are some different types of apps that are available on Google Play store that can be used to perform this task.So let's discuss a few:-Android Apps to Use Camera Flash as Notification Indicator
1. Flash Notification for All App
With this app, you will get the features like incoming call flash alert, SMS Flash. The best thing in this app is you can get the flash notification on Viber, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp etc.
Some Features Of 'Flash Notification for all app are:-
*Notification Flash & Screen Flash
*Incoming Call Flash
*SMS Flash
*Flash when a new notification arrives in selected app
(Whatsapp, Email, Twitter, Alarm/Clock, Messenger, any other app)
2. Call Flash: Alert on Call-SMS
CallFlash controls the flash for calls and other notifications. In this way you can be notified by your flash for every notification. It is an open source project, aiming to keep things simple and functional.
Few Features Of Call Flash are as:-
*Operation modes (flash when on silent, vibration or normal mode).
*Notification flash modes (Time based or Repetitive).
*Flash notification for more instant messaging apps, like Viber, Facebook messenger, whatsapp etc…
*Flash only when phone is locked option
*Disable flash on call with volume buttons
*Option to disable flash if battery is low
3. flashME
flashME will be your light notification on your Android phone. The flashlight embedded in your device will promptly blink as your phone is ringing, or a new text has been received. Moreover, you can set/unset the flashlight blinking for each different notification event (Facebook or
Twitter update, calendar alert, any other apps events). You can choose to have your light notification only when your cell phone is upside down, and the light will continue blinking till you get the notification.
That's all about how to use flashlight as the notification light on your android or iOS device. I have tried to explain it well and if you find any problem drop it in comment box below. Hope you liked it and don't forget to share it with your friends.
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