I recently bought the Galaxy S26 as a replacement for my S8. I was disappointed to find that there are no more blinking notification lights to indicate a missed notification. On my Galaxy S8, I had it set so a blinking blue light indicated a missed text and a blinking green light indicated a missed call/voice mail. I could see this just by looking at my phone at a distance. It was very convenient. I'm not sure when this disappeared, but I can't be the only one to miss this really convenient feature. Has anybody heard if Samsung has any plans to bring it back? If not, does anybody know of a quality app that does the same thing?
@Me_NotYou Samsung is not planning on bringing it back. It has been gone for a very long time.
In phone settings -> Notifications -> Notification pop-up style you can use "Add lighting effect" to display different effects around the edge of your screen when a notification is received.
Thank you for the reply. I'll have to try to find an app that will simulate the old blinking LED light. It might be impossible if the appropriate hardware is not on the phone. I do have these notifications set up, but they only light up or flash when I get the notification. I'm looking for something that will continue to blink until I acknowledge it. Unfortunately, based on other feedback, I'm not hopeful. Thanks again for the reply!
Well, it seems that there will be no solution until Samsung brings back the flashing LED notification. It was so convenient to see if I had missed a notification by simply looking at my phone from across the room without having to actually walk over and pick up the phone. That defeats the whole purpose. Now, it only flashes/vibrates when the notification comes in and that's it. That's nice if my phone is on me.....but if I have my phone, I didn't really the notification. Having a light that blinks for a missed notification until it is acknowledged was very useful. Oh, well. One more instance of a useful thing needlessly tossed away.
