When
it comes to smartphones, Easter eggs normally mean a hidden drawer of
emoji, or maybe the ability to make the voice control sing you a song.
But in the case of the Nexus 6, it means that there's a hidden LED
notification light, fully functioning, but deactivated and hidden from
view by Motorola.
The light
was found by XDA developer JMUT, who wrote his findings up on Reddit.
Activating the light isn't the simplest process — it requires you to
root your phone — but once you've rooted, JMUT found that the Lightflow
application will let you control the brightness and color of the LED.
This is
obviously good news if you're a Nexus 6 owner who's been missing an
obnoxiously-blinking light in your life. But it's also a little bizarre —
why would Motorola bother including the LED in the phone, but then
deactivate it and not bother mentioning the feature to anyone?
Conspirary theorists, over to you.
[XDA via Reddit]