How to make your phone flash when you get notifications

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If, like us, you often place your iPhone face down, this trick in this feature is a great one to know. You can set your iPhone up so the camera flash lights up when you get a notification come though. Here's how.

How to make your iPhone camera flash for alerts

As with turning the Apple logo on the back of your iPhone into a secret button, turning your camera flash into a notification indicator is found in the accessibility options of iOS.

When enabled, the flash next to the rear camera lenses will flash when a notification comes through. You can't customise which notifications will cause the camera flash to light up however so bear in mind that when you turn this on, all notifications will cause the flash to light up briefly.

Follow the steps below to turn your camera flash into a notification indicator:

Open Settings on your iPhone
Tap on Accessibility
Tap on Audio/Visual
Toggle on LED Flash for alerts
Toggle on Flash on Silent

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Want to stop your iPhone’s flash from blinking when you receive a notification on your phone? If so, you can toggle off the flash notifications feature and the LED flash won’t blink anymore. Here’s how.

Turn Off iPhone’s LED Flash Alerts

To begin the flash alert deactivation process, open the Settings app on your iPhone.

In Settings, choose General > Accessibility > LED Flash for Alerts.

On the “LED Flash for Alerts” page, toggle off the “LED Flash for Alerts” option.

Tip: To manage the flash alerts for when your iPhone is on silent mode, use the “Flash on Silent” option.

And you’re all set.

From now on, your iPhone’s flash won’t blink when you receive a new notification. Your regular notifications and their alerts will continue to arrive, though.

While you’re at it, check out some other ways to manage your iPhone notifications. These tips will help you keep your notifications flowing while not letting them bother you too much.

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When LED Flash for Alerts is enabled, you should place your phone in sight, with the screen side down so that you'll see the LED flash.
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Your phone may not flash if you have Airplane Mode or "Do Not Disturb" Mode turned on. Make sure both of these are off.
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1. Make sure notifications are on.
2. Open Settings.
3. Tap General.
4. Tap Accessibility.
5. Tap LED Flash for Alerts.
6. Toggle the switch to On.

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How do I get my phone to flash with notifications?

How to Enable a Notification Light on Android.

Tap Settings (you can also open Settings using Google Assistant)..

Tap Accessibility..

Tap Hearing. ... .

Tap Flash Notification if it does not automatically appear with slider options..

On Android 7.0 and above, you should see two options (Camera Light and Screen)..

Why doesn't my phone flash when I get a notification?

Navigate to Settings > Display & gestures > Notification light. Tap the setting to turn it On.

How do I make my text notification flash?

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Make sure notifications are on..

Open Settings..

Tap General..

Tap Accessibility..

Tap LED Flash for Alerts..

Toggle the switch to On..

How do you make your iPhone flash every time you get a notification?

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Audio/Visual, then turn on LED Flash for Alerts. To prevent LED flashes when iPhone is in silent mode, turn off Flash on Silent.