Always On or Ambient Display: what is it?
Always On is a feature that allows your device to always be displaying information about the current time, date, battery, weather and notifications without unlocking the screen.
Introduced on the Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge and LG G5, it makes life easier for those who can't keep themselves from turning the display on constantly, looking for new notifications, unlocking it every time and thus draining their battery.
Ambient Display has the same function, however, it is triggered by movement, using the proximity sensor of the smartphone as the main trigger. Motorola calls this Moto Display.
The following app is particularly suited for devices that have AMOLED screens but are nonetheless without an Always On or Ambient Display display feature.
Other devices which don't have an Always On feature may not have it for a good reason: If your device has an LCD screen, being 'always on' would consume much more battery life because the display will be fully powered on, including the black pixels.
With AMOLED display technology, only the white pixels need to be lit.
Also, apps like these may cause battery drainage not just from powering the display, but by keeping your phone from going into standby mode, meaning some background processes will keep ticking on unnecessarily.
>> Always On AMOLED - BETA
Taking advantage of the proximity sensor of your device, the app Always On AMOLED will allow you to check the time, weather forecast, notifications and all sorts of useful information without unlocking the screen.
That means it's a mix between Always On and Ambient Display.
Once you've installed the app, you'll find yourself in the Settings menu which will allow you to customize every detail: from the font of the time displayed and the calendar, to the position of the information you specify on the screen, to the size and color of the text.
You decide, by switching it on or off, whether to show notifications for calls and unread messages, by which apps you want to be notified, whether to display battery-related information, the alarm clock and weather forecast.
Among the other items that you can manage, you can set the brightness level and screen timeout.
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