Quick way to toggle ambient display on off?

[dan55]

hi,
Was hoping there was way to turn off ambient say at night using schedule or a toggle at least .. but can’t seem to find one :/

Thanks
Dan

 

[Dannydet]

Tasker or Automate from Llama labs in the play store may work

 

[Hadron]

I just have it set to wake with a double tap, but don't leave it on full time.

TBH I make so little use of it that I had to test just now to see whether it was still like that or whether I'd turned off completely. I guess this teaches me empirically that ambient/always-on displays are not a useful feature for me.

 

[dan55]

yes I guess it does ...I’ve been using glimpse on my Sony for a while but wanted to try and stick with the ambient style for the px2
...did have a look at tasker using tasker tools but seem to have to use adb...can’t be bothered with that right now

....having a look at notific app that does its own style of AO screen

Thanks
Dan

 

[codesplice]

I generally just turn the phone face-down when I don't want to look at the ambient display. The proximity sensor will automatically turn off the display when it is covered.

 

[dan55]

ah yes good idea thanks

 

[dan55]

just found app called notifybuddy ... does a fake led flash per app ... nice

 

[Hadron]

The Pixel 2 has a real notification LED though. What advantage does this have?

 

[dan55]

hi ... it does? :/ .... i did wonder actually ... mine must be turned off by default then i guess
....the app does allow app specific colour changes which is quite cool ... if you are into notifications that it
ta

ah ha! found setting ... but seems a bit hit and miss (mainly miss) re working ... works for a third party app but not for new sms or missed call :/

 

[Hadron]

Can't remember missed calls but mine works fine for new SMS. Mind you I don't use Google's app for those, so I have more notification options.

 

[dan55]

ah i see - ta for update

 

[dan55]

trying out Lightflow led app .... used to use it all the time on sammy ... seems to do the biz

 

[Hadron]

Yeah, Google themselves are weak on customisation - you need third party apps to get the best out of the hardware.