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[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] dipstik:
I tried NoLED but the immersive mode only last half a minute or so (tried tasker setting immersive mode to hide both when display is on ) and im afraid of battery drain and burn in.

tried glimpse notifications and ambi tuner with little luck (was trying to get pulsing ambient display when having a notification, otherwise off), but pulsing didnt work

what i have settled for so far is using secure settings and tasker to turn on always on display when i have a notification and turn off always on display when i remove a notification. its called doze_always_on in tasker>plugins.>secure settings>device setting (paywall)>system table>secure list>doze_always_on. where 0 is off and 1 is on. I had to set the wake screen up for notifications setting on for this to work.

here is a video jon2jay made of another method of using tasker without need of secure settings (watch in silent): https://ufile.io/fv287

if someone has a better idea that woudl be great. i was thinking about using the notches as notification leds, when you can switch between colors for different app notifications, and even use different "ears" of the notch. the dev of ambi tuner says hes working on pixel 3 xl compatibility.

looks like samsung pie has colored notificaitons on their ambient display. would love that, if it was only on when notifications were there.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] s004kcg:
Lack of Led alternative

Coming from the original Pixel, I too can't get used to not having an led. I have been using LED Blinker pro with acceptable success. Many customization options. Test mode does not seem to work, but the app works flawlessly.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] three west:
With all the supposed focus on digital well-being, eliminating the notification LED was a really poor choice. Now we're forced to pick up the damn phone to see what a notification is. I'm going to have to try out some of the options you guys mentioned.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] matssa:
An app that makes a color near the notch would be great, you know something similar to the battery color around the notch. This on AOD would kinda replace the need for the LED...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
I wish google could read this. No one should have to bend over backwards and jump through hoops to enable something as simple as a stupid blinking light! Google failed us so hard by removing the LED.

Now, I can't even tell if my phone is charging without waking the screen. Worse, I have no clue if the battery is low and need to charge without also waking the screen. No clue if I missed a call, or a calendar event... NOTHING! unless I turn on the screen. I shouldn't have to actively interact with my phone to get passive information. If I wanted that, I would have purchased an iPhone.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] masri1987:
Doesn't bother me, I've had phones with and without LED. My life hasn't changed
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] deepsurge:
Time to fix that LED

Hey. I love to develop and will make this my mission. Since the display is an OLED wich make it possible to turn on and off idividual pixels this should not be that hard. Keep you updated.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Fuzzy13:
I hate not having an LED. Turning the display on to simply check for notifications is becoming aggravating.

Someone please come up with something.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
So there are some apps that already do this; however, they all struggle to play nicely with the default lock screen. If you can get around this limitation, I would gladly make a financial contribution.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] gettinwicked:
Haven't missed it one bit. I use the AOD though. If I didn't, I would definitely want the LED.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] deepsurge:
I will look in to this, as an old embedded engineer i will try to solve this, i love a challange.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
PM me if you need a beta tester
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] kauemelhado:
Or some app that would show the Notification Icon on the top of the screen. Just the icon blinking on the all black OLED screen.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] killakarl:
I think Samsung's implementation is cool. It takes the colors from the app and uses that as the icon on the screen. Being able to customize that even further would be awesome. Like make all unimportant white and urgent ones red.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
Those apps exist. They just don't play nicely with the lock screen.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DocWalt:
When I initially receive a notification with the AOD on, the icon is colored like that. For Textra it colors the icon the color of the conversation, which is neat. I can tell at a glance who messaged me. For Facebook the icon is blue, Gmail is red, etc.

When the notification goes away and the AOD has the normal display of clock and the icons, it's all that muted shade of gray/white :(
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Disk0rd42:
Hooray!

I am glad this was pointed out, I always found the notification LED on my old Samsung to be mildly annoying but not worth the effort to completely disable. I am glad this phone doesn't have one, easy enough to tap the screen to see what apps the notifications are from and expand if needed. The blinking light was irritating when sleeping or in a dark room. Thanks for pointing this out, one more reason I love my new Pixel 3 XL :laugh:
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] matssa:
Hey could you please share your tasker profiles? I think that you are having 2 different profiles right? I'm trying to do the same but can't seem to find the doze always on in secure settings :S

This would do until someone manages to customize the ambient or make an app that makes something blink or i dunno what ;)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I've just created an app called Pixel Pulse. I could use some testers if anyone is willing to give it a try. You can select the apps you want to have the app pulse your Ambient Display. There's paid customization for icons and colors but the core functionality of the app is free.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.compass.pixelpulse

If you had previously purchased Ambi-Turner, it has been updated for the new permissions, but because it was written for 8.0 and when Google's ambient display worked differently I decided to leave it as it is. You may however transfer your purchase status of Ambient Display to Pixel Pulse using both apps.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Thanks. If I understand correctly, Pixel Pulse works alongside Ambient Display? It appears that PP adds the pulse customization that AD does not have?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
That's correct. If you use Ambient Display but do not want to have it always on you can configure Pixel Pulse to periodically wake up ambient display for specific applications.

Paid customization adds the ability to always pulse (with a view that shows you that you have no important notifications), and the ability to select icons and colors for specific applications.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Another question: Is CPU used to pulse the display? I have read about various AMOLED notification indicators where one can reduce battery use by using a solid indicator rather than flashing. I can only assume that once a display is put up, it stays that way and CPU is not needed util a change, like flashing. In the case of PP, I presume this is the same?

Knowing that any screen activity and display requires power, I am looking to best balance the needed notification and battery life.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
My app doesn't turn on the screen like you're thinking. It's actually using the built-in Ambient Display so all processing is happening in the background and is minimal. I do the bare minimum to wake up Ambient Display to show my content.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Though I haven't been able to get it to work on my P3 and P3XL yet, I am about to donate to both apps knowing that I need to only donate to one. I want to support your dev and the possibility of it. Keep up the good work.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I appreciate it. Pixel Pulse will be the focus going forward so just stick with that one.

Are you seeing any errors? I'm running it one a pixel 2 xl (before I have to send it back) and 3 xl right now.

Do you have ambient display enabled? That's required for it to work.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
No errors, but here is my initial feedback...

It works! It's so beautiful!

However, the ambient display notification seems to ignore the requested display interval and flashes every few seconds regardless of what I select. and it cannot be acted on by double tapping or swiping. I had to either use my fingerprint it power button to get past that screen.

But great start! I will be donating to the cause.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Try enabling and disabling to restart the service. That may fix it not getting your interval change.

There's no double tap to wake or any actions on the display yet but that will probably come next if this works for most people.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] matssa:
When your saying ambient display, is the always on needed?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Nope, just the wake on new notifications option.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Ambien display is set to on. I've tried with with always and double-tap. With double-tap, the display does not turn on when a notification arrives. With always on, I can see the notification icon, but it does not pulse.

I have both Ambi-Tuner and Pixel Pulse installed. Both are enabled and provided notification access. Is there any particular setting I should be looking for?

Also, a question about PP, Pulse Interval - if set for 8 seconds, does it mean it pulses once, waits 8 seconds, then again?

The phone is a Pixel 3.

Thanks.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Disable ambi turner and use pixel pulse. Pixel pulse should do what you need alone. You shouldn't need always on the be enabled either.

Yes, that's correct. It pulses every 8 seconds (or tries to - Android is picky about letting background processes run consistent intervals). The ambient display wakes for about 4 to 5 seconds so at 8 seconds you'll actually see the display wake again soon after it goes dark.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
I turned off ambi-tuner, but for some reason the screen is just not turning on. When I double tap, I can see the ambien notification, but the screen does not light up on its own.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Is pixel pulse enabled? Try selecting all from the pulse filter initially, although if none are selected it defaults to all apps anyway.

Do you have do not disturb on? That will stop them from showing as well.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] dipstik:
AoD On: https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=...jxCArLl0BgTWV6zlGZuonbeICQMg==&id=Task:AoD+On

AoD Off: https://taskernet.com/shares/?user=...jxCArLl0BgTWV6zlGZuonbeICQMg==&id=Task:AoDOff

Hope those work.. those are the tasks. for the profiles i just link the AoD Off task to notification removed and AoD On to notification.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] dipstik:
App is working great! I set the interval for 30 seconds but im getting 5 seconds on and 5 seconds off, but thats all good. im not having trouble with double tap waking the device, and finger print goes straight to unlocking which is great. very happy
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Yea, the time issue is a bug I introduced this morning accidentally. I'll work on it tonight.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Yes, PP enabled. DND was not on. I discovered that settings\\ambient display\wake screen on new notifications has to be turned on in order for PP to work.

One issue, PP does not observe the privacy settings. I have, for example, have Hangouts set to not display the message when the screen is locked. PP displays the message. Do you think this can be fixed? Thanks!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Regarding Pixel Pulse: Another issue--even if I disable PP, it still runs and acts on AOD.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
You're right. It wasn't doing that yesterday - I'll get an update out tonight
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Thanks. When you get a moment, please comment on this
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
I get an error when I try to import.

Edit, tried again and it imported just fine. This works pretty well for me so far. I do notice that AOD likes to stay on even when the notification is cleared. Any suggestions?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I can do this, although you may need to also set private mode inside my app unless I can find an api that provides that info.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Sounds good. It's worth more donation from me if you can implement it.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Do you want to see the message title (in this case who its from) or nothing at all besides the icon?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrUnkeN_TiGeR:
My understanding is the oled screen allows individual pixels to be turned in at a time a great app would be to light up around the notch with a "led" color. Maybe a Dev could make that happen.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
It's certainly possible, I've gotten that to work. The problem is that you break doze and every other background battery saving feature of your our phone. Turning the screen on (outside of the ambient display which has access to system level code that developers don't), causes your phone to wake up from sleep.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrUnkeN_TiGeR:
Poop I thought it would look cool for the outline of the notch to glow as a notification
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
I can see it useful both ways, but if offered one option only, i would stick with the Android standard, which is to not show the title/sender. The idea is to know when a message (in my case, Hangouts), is waiting.

While I'm here, displaying the actual app's icon rather than the standard will also break doze?

Thank you!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
I agree with this, the option to show titles only would be great, but for a minimal look, icons only is preferred.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
[MENTION=6730079]grokus[/MENTION], I'm testing the new version. Thanks. Couple of things I've noticed: under filter, some of the icons do not respond to selection, such as row two column two. Also, "Cancel" does not work.

Is it possible to display the apps' native icons?

It would also be great to have some default system pulses, such as charging, fully charged, missed call (I'm using "phone", but haven't had a chance to see it in action), low battery, etc.

Lastly, it would be great to have per-app timeout. It would be useful to manage the timeout based on importance.

Thanks for being so responsive.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
There's an option to hide content for individual apps, now. There's also a global setting called ninja mode that displays only icons. I'll eventually work on more granularity.

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I'll clean up the icons. I'd also like to add more if people have requests.

No, I tried that first actually.

I can look into system notifications. I haven't tried them yet but with no apps selected in the filter it defaults to showing everything.

More fine grained control is coming!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrUnkeN_TiGeR:
I installed the app it did nothing am I doing something wrong?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Do you have ambient display set to wake on notifications?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrUnkeN_TiGeR:
Good question I have aod turned on that not the same thing I take it

It is on
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
You'll need to enable Wake on New notifications for Pixel Pulse to work.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrUnkeN_TiGeR:
It is on
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] PuffDaddy_d:
But turn off always on display.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrUnkeN_TiGeR:
I'm out I use and to much
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
I may be able to use the real icons and colors. If so should I just remove the icon customization or would people still find that useful?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] jrock60:
Can't seem to get this to work, enabled permissions and the app, and all apps to have notification access. AOD off, notifications wake is on. I get no difference from stock where it shows the notification for like 5 seconds.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Chronzy:
Go under "pulse filter" and select all, or what apps you want to pulse.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] jrock60:
I already did that. Since my post uninstalled and reinstalled, no change.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
That is great news. If you can use real icons and colors, there would be no need for the existing icon customizations Please consider allowing the scaling of the real icons. Since the purpose is for us to be able to see what is waiting, larger icons makes it easier to glance.

Every time the display comes on, it should show a row of icons with all the outstanding notifications. That is, if the interval is 8 seconds and I have hangouts, twitter, and google news waiting, I should see all 3 icons each time the screen wakes up. Also, do you have the ability to include the "at a glance" information? The At a glance info are upcoming appointments, flights, commute, etc. It would be nirvana if when each time PP wakes up it shows all the waiting notifications, the at a glance info, time (I know it does already),

A setting to control the "on time" and rotation time would be great too. Right now we can control how much time to wait before the screen lights up but we cannot control how long the screen stays lit. Example, 4 seconds on , 8 seconds off. The related part is rotation speed. Say I have two twitter messages, it will show the first one for x seconds before showing the next.

On a previous point--there are certain system type messages (low battery, charging, charging complete, missed calls, etc.) would be helpful to have.

Lastly, I find that this current version will light up the display once , but not repeat. I have the time set for 8 seconds, but it would turn on when the notification arrives, but it won't turn on 8 seconds later.

Thanks for taking on this cause. It is much needed. I will "Buy you a beer" now as encouragement. Btw, when I try to by you coffee, the app force closes.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Can you please opt in to the beta channel and try that? It uses the real icons and a slightly different wake mechanism.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
I just did. Will report back.

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The icon is working. Please see my previous post. It would be nice to be able to scale the icon. When you talk about color, I presume you are not talking about the original app icon color, but rather the color I set in the PP app?

I have the interval set for 8 seconds, but the turn-on time is very inconsistent. I decided to time it (all approximate): 25 seconds, 50 seconds, 25 seconds, 25 seconds, 75 seconds, 150 seconds, 200 seconds.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
The beta version uses the apps colors instead of what you set. There ability to override that will likely come back.

I don't think it's possible to scale the icons but I will look into.

The timing is due to Android throttling. Even with doze off it seems to limit things. When plugged in, it's more reliable. I'm working on some more ideas.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] LXative:
Just use the always-on display and you can see if you have any notifications at a glance, without touching your phone. I was a huge fan of the blinking LED before, and I missed it dearly when I moved to a device without one a few years back. Now I'm glad I don't have one, IMO it is kind of gaudy now. The notifications on the always-on display are a better replacement, to me.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] DrUnkeN_TiGeR:
Woohoo I got the at app working and I donated. But ... What's the difference between this app walking up the phone and a colored line around the notch waking up the phone? Thank you for your work
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Battery. Putting a colored line will require a full wake up of your phone bringing it out of doze. To keep the screen on would require a wake lock.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Komodoketavaran:
Ehm, sorry for this absolutely noobish question but what is that app supposed to do?

I see no difference to my notifications with the App turned on. Did I missed something?

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[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
Try setting your ambient display like this screenshot. Also make sure notifications are allowed on your lock screen.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] snovvman:
Is it possible to just keep the ambient display on when there is a pending message? This way, if my default setting is that the ambient display is off until double tapped or lifted, anything on the screen means that there is a new message waiting.

In fact, if you can trigger the default ambient display to turn on, that would work too. The idea is that I want to quickly glance at the phone and see if there is a message of interest waiting (set by the app list). If the ambient display is usually off and only turns on and

stays on

when there is a message waiting, it's quick and easy to see.

Thanks.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] grokus:
It's possible with adb commands to give access. I'll work on an option for that.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Bubba:
Just found this thread tonight and installed the app to give it a try. Working great for me. I purchased to support.

Loving the app and looking forward to see what comes next.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] largeselection:
Agreed would be awesome to just have it on when I have a notification and off when there's nothing to see there. I bought your app the other day and it is pretty good so far except the timing thing and I have some wonky interference between notifications on my fitness tracker and your app. For some reason when the phone is in my pocket occasionally I will get constant notifications on my fitness tracker for the same notification.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] felek73:
It would be great if we could divide phone notification from missed calls notification. Now while in call there is constant notification on the screen that I am on call..I know this ?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] Shrt Bus:
Trying to figure out how to make it work. I have read thru the whole thread and double checked all settings were correct, as of right now I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be seeing. I have already donated, would like to see this work properly.

Thanks!

Rick

Edit: Ok seems to be working after a reboot and shortening the interval time to 30secs

Slick for sure!!!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Themes, Apps, and Mods] superchilpil:
I keep popping in this thread because I expect MORE solutions to be found. Yet you guys are still discussing the same app. Don't get me wrong I think it's a great idea but maybe this talk about it should be in that thread? Keep this thread about NEW implementations or just let it die