Visual notification

[viv_matt]

Whilst the phone screen is off and the handset is set down or on charge. There should be an option where you can have a ring of light motion around the front camera to indicate missed notification. This could be active if the phone is on charge, silent or when not in motion for a long period to visuallyindicate miss notification/s. I know this is possible as I've seen it used to identify the front camera is in use in this beta  version.  I did suggest this on beta 2 or 3 and was told too much drain on the battery. I don't agree as the AOD would drain more battery. 

[Graykenhill]

There's an app in the play store called aodNotify which does exactly what you want. I use it myself very handy. Kind of agree it could be a feature of the software but this should be sufficient

[TheSpudman]

Yes good idea. I'll give aodnotify a whirl in the meantime!!

[MartynaK · Accepted solution]

@viv_matt,

I'll pass your suggestion on to the developers 😉.

[Richmar83]

I second this request. The LED notification was a great feature on S9. I use aodNotify but would love similar to be back in the stock firmware. Please, please Samsung!

[chippie]

Guys, just so you know, testing beta software is not for suggesting or adding new features. It is to test what you are given to find bugs and then retest the bugs in the next release.
That is not to say you cannot ask for enhancements but they will not appear in the next or any subsequent beta you may test.
They may appear in a future release in several months if they do not involve too much development. Something like this though I would expect to be added to GoodLock rather than the firmware to be honest.

Just to give a little more info. Just try to imagine how much development is required to add a feature like this. Hundreds of things have to be taken into account and then you have to regression test to make sure that any changes have not messed up anything else. Before all this you have to check the architecture, cost development time and resources, then allocate, which just cannot happen during beta testing.

I really wish the moderators would make this clear when they post replies like 'I will pass it onto the developers' as if they very well may add it to the next beta lol. It will just not happen.

Really sorry guys, I'm not bursting bubbles, just wanted to paint this out so people do not get their hopes up.

[MartynaK · Accepted solution]

@chippie,

Developers want to receive suggestions and are waiting for them. There is always a chance the ideas will be implemented. For example, many of the suggestions posted by users on S21 Beta forum (which started before S20/Note 20 Betas) this year, have already been implemented and the suggested functions are already available on these devices. The changes were provided in the official version of the software (Android 12). Similar situations happened in the previous years - many of the user suggestions were implemented.

The sugestions which require more time, resources and effort to be implemented are not the priority of Beta, but still suggesting them is not pointless. Beta Program is the ideal moment to collect opinions and ideas of users who would like to view software improvements on their devices. If the idea is accepted by the developers, they start working on implementation of it as quickly as possible.
So it shortens the time when the suggestion will be implemented.

In short, suggesting ideas during Beta Program makes huge sense. There is always the possibility that some of the ideas will appear on devices during the Beta (or at it's end).
Many of the suggestions will be considered by our team of developers in general thanks to the many users of Beta who are interested in having a certain function/change on their devices.

Users suggestions significantly speed up the process of adding new features. So, we do encourage users to share their ideas - there is always a chance the suggestion will be implemented 😉.

[viv_matt]

Noted. I'll keep to myself in future, however; Why have a suggestion tab in the beta program menu then? 🤔

[viv_matt]

Thanks for the response 👍, much appreciated.

[viv_matt]

Shouldn't need an app for a feature that the camera is also using to let you know that you are using the front camera where you can actually see yourself on the display screen. To be honest that's a wasted notification but options are good.