The iPhone 14 Pro’s always-on display, explained
by Cameron Faulkner from The Verge - All Posts on (#63EGB)
This is how the always-on display will look on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, complete with color images. | Image: Apple So, it finally happened. The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max got an always-on display. If you've used a modern Android phone, you probably have experience with always-on screens - and need no convincing of why they're a handy feature - but this is a new thing in iPhone world. And Apple, of course, is doing it a little bit differently than everyone else.
Always-on displays allow a phone to display basic information like the date, time, and notifications even when it's locked and resting on a table. Typically, your whole display doesn't remain on, just the most important parts of it. On Google's Pixel phones, for example, you might see a black screen with just the clock and some app icons lit up. This is particularly useful because...