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Samsung Galaxy J2 leak shows off Smart Glow notification ring

Ryan Whitwam2016/07/05
8:23am PDTJul 5, 2016

Samsung Galaxy J2 leak shows off Smart Glow notification ring

Rumors began percolating a few weeks ago that Samsung would be revamping the notification LED on future phones by making the entire border area around the camera sensor light up. The existence of "Smart Glow" was confirmed by a manual for the Galaxy J2, but the diagram in that left a lot to be desired. Now, SamMobile has a leaked image of the Galaxy J2 itself with Smart Glow. It looks... kind of not great.

Samsung's rumored Smart Glow feature could completely revamp the notification LED [update: confirmed]

David Ruddock2016/06/16
12:56pm PDTJun 16, 2016

Samsung's rumored Smart Glow feature could completely revamp the notification LED [update: confirmed]

Update
The manual from which this information was gleaned has apparently been found on Samsung's support site (warning: large PDF link here), and confirms all of the information in the

I love a good notification LED - really. When I had my Nexus One back in the day, I absolutely adored my multi-color trackball. I had it decked out with custom colors and pulse speeds using a third party app, and I could tell from across the room if the notification I'd just received was an SMS or a Facebook message just by glancing at the color of that pulsating little trackball.

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