Blinking/Pulsing/Breathing home button seen in video

[Musicman247]

On a Focus 2 right now and I can clearly see the outlines of the three LEDs, one under each capacitive button.

 

[Matt Fara]

Really just looks like a reflection

 

[Siah1214]

Really just looks like a reflection

that just happens to strike one button on the phone in a steady repeating fashion? Right.

 

[Cheewii Poon]

Wow good catch yes please Nokia and Microsoft! Along with custom notification tones

 

[WPenvy]

I'm not sure why, but part of me hopes this is just a Nokia thing... That being said,

since it's the Windows button that flashes, it gives reason to believe that it's part Microsoft's doing too.​

If it was a manufacturer (Nokia) feature, then why not use a low power LED instead of the Windows button.

 

[anon(5335877)]

I'm not sure why, but part of me hopes this is just a Nokia thing... That being said,

since it's the Windows button that flashes, it gives reason to believe that it's part Microsoft's doing too.​

If it was a manufacturer (Nokia) feature, then why not use a low power LED instead of the Windows button.

Well when Nokia did their "breathing light" in the past, it was usually a ring around or in between the five-way navigation thing. The Windows "home" is the closest thing to that I guess. Plus, why spend extra money adding an additional LED and finding a place to put it in an already cramped chassis when you can use something that's already there?

 

[WPenvy]

Well when Nokia did their "breathing light" in the past, it was usually a ring around or in between the five-way navigation thing. The Windows "home" is the closest thing to that I guess. Plus, why spend extra money adding an additional LED and finding a place to put it in an already cramped chassis when you can use something that's already there?

I assume it'll start out as a Nokia only thing since HTC and Samsung have been quite slow with firmware changes etc...

 

[herrmo1]

The Lumia 920 has single LEDs too. In Nokia Care Suite's Test mode I can make the Windows logo be on alone:

 

[nikhilr51]

Wow great find!! I watched that video but never noticed it!

 

[o_k_boy]

I think i read somewhere that the 925's windows button blinks when it's charging. Yeah, here for example:

Windows Phone Button Acts as a Charging Indicator on the Lumia 925 : My Nokia Blog

 

[tissotti]

I think i read somewhere that the 925's windows button blinks when it's charging. Yeah, here for example:

Windows Phone Button Acts as a Charging Indicator on the Lumia 925 : My Nokia Blog

Yes, it was mentioned on the launch day.
What I remember it only blinks when the battery is critical. Though not sure about that as you would think it works as a indicator the phone is charging, like Nokia's Symbian phones home button did.

 

[Daniel Rubino]

Folks, hate to rain on your parade but that is not a consumer feature coming to these phones. It's meant for developers at Nokia to test battery life//power consumption and shows when the phone is in a low-power state.

Source: I asked Nokia's Kevin Shields when I saw it.

 

[Anthony Vangeli]

Folks, hate to rain on your parade but that is not a consumer feature coming to these phones. It's meant for developers at Nokia to test battery life//power consumption and shows when the phone is in a low-power state.

Source: I asked Nokia's Kevin Shields when I saw it.

This makes me sad.

 

[Muessig]

Fair enough. I wonder if they're able to use that light for development functions if they'd be able to turn it into the notification light we all want to see? I know you and Jay talked about it a while ago... let's hope MS thought about it too.

 

[ArjanNL]

yes but it only lights up to indicate the device is charging and blinks if there is a missed call.

Uh i don't think you mean on the 8x, because thats only a battery /charge full/empty indicator.. no more no less

 

[Daniel Rubino]

Fair enough. I wonder if they're able to use that light for development functions if they'd be able to turn it into the notification light we all want to see? I know you and Jay talked about it a while ago... let's hope MS thought about it too.

Well, I'm not privy to all of their plans, so I can't really speak to it. I just know that this blinked Win logo is a dev tool and not part of Amber/GDR2. Will try to find out more. I can't see why it can't be done though.

 

[xandros9]

knowing the coolness of the blinking gesture area on my Pre and the blinking center button on my treo.. this makes me a sad panda

 

[richard hernandez3]

Home button blinking ....flashing... Is an indicator that lets you know that the battery level is beyond low.... But dead" completely

 

[Pavel Gotze]

Windows button flash is standard Nokia 925 functionality. This button flash occurs, when device battery is completely down. The if you put it on charger, you cannot switch device on for some time, untill battery charges little bit. For that time, Windows button starts flashing. This works on all Nokia 925. Just drain your battery completely and put on charger, you will see.

 

[victor_solis]

I noticed that my 1020 was doing the same thing after I plugged it in to charge. Did a quick Bing search and it brought me here. The phone started up after a few minutes of being plugged in.