Always on display backgrounds no longer an option?

[Android Central Question]

My S8 updated today and I no longer see the option to add a background to the always on display? Was this removed?

 

[belodion]

What update?

 

[BKKunz]

I couldn't find it either.

 

[joeldf]

What update?

The Oreo update.

Yes, I also noticed that the AOD background option is gone.

 

[sweetypie31]

It's under settings in the lockscreen and security. Click clock and facewidgets. Then click change clock style. It's under there.
That's also where you can change the lockscreen clock. I know a few people were having meltdowns over that. Lol

 

[Tim1954]

Why would you want a background on there? The whole idea of the aod is that it uses minimal screen pixels to show minimal info, thereby saving battery life and avoid walking the phone just to check the time..

 

[sweetypie31]

Why would you want a background on there? The whole idea of the aod is that it uses minimal screen pixels to show minimal info, thereby saving battery life and avoid walking the phone just to check the time..

Me personally I just like looking at my face in the middle of the night on my aod screen. Lol

 

[Tim1954]

Haha, mine would give me nightmares... ??????

 

[sweetypie31]

 

[joeldf]

Why would you want a background on there? The whole idea of the aod is that it uses minimal screen pixels to show minimal info, thereby saving battery life and avoid walking the phone just to check the time..

It's just a simple faint graphic that is barely bigger than what the time and info under it takes up. You could only pick from a limited set of graphics.

That option is no longer there after the Oreo update.

 

[joeldf]

It's under settings in the lockscreen and security. Click clock and facewidgets. Then click change clock style. It's under there.
That's also where you can change the lockscreen clock. I know a few people were having meltdowns over that. Lol

Not anymore. Nothing for the background.

The lockscreen clock does finally get some style options, including changing the old stacked look that many around here complained about.

 

[sweetypie31]

Not anymore. Nothing for the background.

The lockscreen clock does finally get some style options, including changing the old stacked look that many around here complained about.

So you're talking about changing the actual background and not just the spot where you add the picture? If so I wasn't aware that was an option before the update.

 

[joeldf]

It was like this.

https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-7-Always-On-Display-04.png

There wasn't many options, and themes could add to them, but I liked to use them. It's that "background" button that's missing now.

 

[sweetypie31]

It was like this.

https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-7-Always-On-Display-04.png

There wasn't many options, and themes could add to them, but I liked to use them. It's that "background" button that's missing now.

Oh yeah. I didn't use the background feature so I'd forgotten all about it. Sorry

 

[blusoft]

You can change the image in always on display under clock and facewidgets.

 

[tapwasser]

i have a picture of my cats as my AOD

 

[myminpins]

It's just a simple faint graphic that is barely bigger than what the time and info under it takes up. You could only pick from a limited set of graphics.

That option is no longer there after the Oreo update.

I really, really loved that option. I wish there was a way to have it back. Does anyone know how to get anything like it back? It was one of the cool features I loved about this phone.

I know, I'm geeky and strange but I loved that purple pebbled-type background on my clock

 

[Kali Rose Rayne]

It is in fact still there you go to settings lockscreen security click and face widgets scroll below until you see a paintbrush icon
I'm running oreo on a galaxy s8, my friend had the s8 in terms of software I see little difference, even kief cameras now have pro mode. The size seems to be all that changed. Glad I didn't spend the money. Good luck getting those aod screens pretty. Any probs email me [removed by moderator]

 

[BrycePearce]

My phone has Clock Style and Facewidgets as two separate items. This is what shows up for the AOD Clock Style

 

[BrycePearce]

And this shows up for Facewidgets.