They just showed a full screen video and the black bar was blocking part of the video. This looks really bad while demoing with views animated in real time.
I hope by the time I upgrade they figure out how to get the screen overtop all the cameras. The black section looks horrible.
I think the original rumors said they were trying to make the cameras work beyond the glass/display but winded up not quite getting it to work, so they winded up with the notch this time.
The Essential phone has a dot in the middle but The Verge review said that you get used to it and it becomes invisible essentially.
Why would you want to get used to missing a part of the content displayed in full screen?
Content doesn't go missing that's why.
When you are watching a video that part of the screen is not used on Android. The area would be a black bar at the top/side and Android doesn't put anything in that part of the screen(middle) when in an app or homescreen
I would have nothing against it if that's the case, but that's not what they showed in the demo.