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SG AOD

Custom always-on display with a clock, battery, notifications and music status
New in version 2.1.1
Prepared F-Droid distribution with English and Korean store descriptions and icons. Removed opaque dependency metadata from release packages. AOD features are unchanged.
SG AOD is a customizable always-on display for Android 12 and newer. It shows the time, date, battery, app notifications and music status on a black background. The app interface is currently in Korean.

Features:
• Adjust clock, date and AM/PM sizes and the overall display scale.
• Choose one of six color presets or enter a custom color.
• Show priority apps separately and choose how many notifications to display.
• Use relative or absolute notification times.
• Follow system automatic brightness or select a manual brightness level.
• Show charging status and the estimated time to full charge when the device provides it.
• Preview your display settings before enabling AOD.
• Automatically darken the display when covered, face down, low on battery, too hot or during configured sleep hours, depending on device support.

Privacy and permissions:
The app has no Internet permission, ads or analytics. Notification and music information stays in memory and is not saved or transmitted. Notification access is optional and enables notification and music display. Display-over-other-apps permission is needed for automatic display. Optional phone permission allows AOD to close during calls. A foreground service keeps the user-enabled feature running.

Before use:
Turn off your device's built-in AOD to avoid overlapping displays. Enable SG AOD and lock the screen. Double-tap the AOD or press a volume key to close it. Background restrictions and sensor support vary by device.

Power and display limitations:
This app keeps an Android activity visible and cannot match or guarantee the power consumption of a manufacturer's system AOD. It requests a 1 Hz display rate, but the OS may ignore that request. App content updates at most once per second, with minute-based clock updates when nothing else changes. Minute-based pixel shifting reduces burn-in risk but cannot eliminate it. Darkening does not always turn off the panel immediately.

Versions

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  • Version 2.1.1 (6) suggested Added on Oct 16, 2026

    This version requires Android 12 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • run foreground service with the type "specialUse"
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services with the type "specialUse"
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read phone status and identity
      Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. This permission allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • This app can appear on top of other apps
      This app can appear on top of other apps or other parts of the screen. This may interfere with normal app usage and change the way that other apps appear.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

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