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Nexus 6 has an RGB LED sensor, and you can enable it via Light Flow
August 04, 2025
In what might be considered one of the most bizarre untapped hardware features ever, it has become apparent that theNexus 6actuallyhasan RGB notification lamp. The catch? Much like theNexus 4’s LTE, it has been disabled.
Thanks to the Light Flow application, which lets users manually control their handset’s LED indicator, XDA Developer user JMUT stumbled onto the light’s existence. Although apparently unsure exactly how the “glitch” happened, the user diligently decided to e-mail the creator of Light Flow, Andrew P Moore, to get some assistance.
Moore, who has yet to obtain a Nexus 6, was able to cobble together a series of steps, via the Android SDK, to enable the trick:
One thing to be aware of, other than the necessity of Root status, is that several XDA users have mentioned the LED doesn’t flash, which one might assume means pulsate. Why Motorola has actually included this feature but disabled it might sound strange indeed, although it’s important to remember that the original Moto X had a similar light that had the sole purpose of lighting up when the battery was too low to use active display — it’s very possible the purpose here is similar.
Either way, this could potentially be good news for those that are upset that the Nexus 6 doesn’t have a notification light.
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