Hide Your Pixel 3 XL’s Camera Notch With These Settings and Apps
It’s actually easy to hide the Pixel 3XL’s camera separation notch in your smartphone settings, but there is one catch. Disabling the notch also turns off the screen area around the notch, which turns the topmost portion of the screen space into an unused black bar – it shifts the taskbar and notification icons, which are usually displayed to the left and right of the notch. to the main part of the screen. Luckily, there are third-party apps you can install to fix this problem, but first we’ll show you where to find your Pixel 3 XL’s notch settings.
How to hide the Pixel 3 XL notch in Android Settings
First, we need to enable developer mode. If you are already in development mode, you can move on to the next section.
- Open the Settings app, tap System.
- Scroll down and tap About Phone.
- Find “Build Number” and tap it seven times to enable developer mode. You will know that the mode has been switched when the message “You are now a developer” appears. Who knew it was that easy?
Now that developer mode is enabled, you can find and disable the label setting.
- Go to Settings> System> Developer Options.
- Click Show Cut.
- Click Hide. Your notch should now be hidden by a black stripe.
We suggest giving it a try to see what you think of the black bar. It’s honestly not terrible, and it definitely hides the notch, but it also looks a bit like a monkey’s paw, doesn’t it? In the end, the notch is annoying because it invades your screen, and losing most of your display to notifications and system icons seems like an unpleasant compromise. If you absolutely need to have that extra space (and we don’t blame you), here are some apps that will remove the notch and reclaim that extra screen real estate.
Hide the notch using the app
While there are many applications that can do this , the most widely recommended is Nacho Notch . It does basically the same thing as the standard Android solution, hiding the notch with a black bar, but with a decisive difference: battery, network, notifications and all other information in the system tray are displayed in a black bar next to the notch, which keeps your screen unobstructed. It also makes these system icons more visible as they contrast more sharply with the clean black stripe hiding the notch.
To hide the notch with Nacho Notch, download the app from the Google Play Store and then download it from the app screen. Follow the installation instructions (the app will need certain permissions to run). Once installed, you’ll be able to turn the notch on and off, and you can even add a switch to the quick settings menu for quick access. One thing to note is that Nacho Notch can only hide the notch when the phone is unlocked – the notch is still displayed on the lock screen.