Samsung wants to place a ring-shaped notification LED called Smart Glow on their phones

We can’t live without our notifications and Samsung is working to ensure that you never have to. Recently leaked images of a Samsung project called Smart Glow show a ring-type LED indicator on the back of Samsung phones.

One might point to the rear flash unit as an LED in itself, but this Smart Glow seems like an independent unit that can also be configured by the user. The leaked details indicate that the indicator will exist in the form of a ring and that it can be configured to indicate battery status, missed calls, and other notifications. The ring unit can also double as a flash if required.

We don’t know if we’ll see the Smart Glow system on the upcoming Galaxy Note device, but it’s expected to pop up in a Samsung Galaxy J2 (2016) that’s headed for India soon.

It would be really cool if the Smart Glow ring responded like Dead Space’s health indicators, but that just might be wishful thinking.

By the looks of it, Android phones will soon start offering not just one notification LED, but two. But what of Apple? They don’t even offer a single LED.