Cortana will soon be able to pull
your Android phone notifications over to your Windows 10 PC, and even let you dismiss or reply to them — assuming you have Microsoft's Cortana app for Android installed, of course.
Not exact matches
The 360 connects to
Android phones via Bluetooth and can be set to displays emails and text messages, whereupon it buzzes slightly when a
notification comes in.
Realizing that was ridiculous, I now check my alerts by pulling down the
Android notifications shade after my
phone unlocks and view them there.
I recently started using Bitcoin Paranoid, an
Android app that updates the current value of Bitcoin to the
notification bar on my
phone.
Both the Samsung Gear S and
Android Wear smartwatches will display
notifications that are synced with the eHarmony users»
phone.
With an embedded voice recorder or a
phone pass - through that also allows you to operate the infotainment system while driving,
Android Auto or Apple CarPlay will never let you miss a text message or
notification while driving.
To the right of this area is the
notification area shortcut; however, unlike most other
Android phones you can't drag down from the top of the screen to see your
notifications (like new e-mails).
The company's new NextOne Smartwatch has a 1.5 inch display, pairs with an
Android or iOS
phone to display
notifications, handles weather updates and data from other third party apps, and will sell for $ 100 when it goes on sale in the first quarter of 2014.
The Nexus 9 doesn't really show it off to the max —
Android still isn't really built for tablets, and features like better lock screen
notifications are just going to be more handy on a
phone — but it's still a joy.
The
notifications system works even better here than on
Android phones.
The
Android 4.0 update is continuing to roll out around the world so your
phone will receive another update
notification when it's available again in your region.
According to the report published by AndroidCentral, one of its forum members, who goes by the handle ccw1134, found out about the undocumented feature in the Facebook app when his daughter, who recently switched from a BlackBerry Curve to a Motorola XPRT smartphone, was able to consistently receive push
notifications on her
Android phone without any issues.
Android was the first
phone OS to introduce
notifications and the new ones make Apple's look primitive now.
Love the
phone but there are some things I love about iOS, BB, and
Android... iOS is beautiful and works great but has terrible
notifications and no customizability.
The E-Ink screen weights less than 45g and is only 5 mm thick, so it sports a lightweight and ultra thin design, and using built - in Bluetooth technology, you can easily pair it with your
Android phone and use it as the second screen for your smartphone in order that you can more conveniently check
notifications and incoming calls, and the E-Ink screen brings you more comfortable reading experience or allows you to check your workout progress with ease.
With a unique Second Screen, the
Android phone lets you conveniently view
notifications, time, weather and easily switch between apps.
The roll out should begin anytime now, which means that you should keep an eye open for the proper
notification — you can also manually check for the new
Android software (built number of UVUBOH1) by heading towards «menu - > settings - > about
phone - > software updates».
The bottom System Bar on Honeycomb swings in and offers some of the (usually) persistent top
notification bar you'll be familiar with in
Android on your mobile
phone.
Go to your
Android Wear app on your
phone, choose Settings > block app
notifications.
Though the focus of the update was on proper APIs for creating third - party watch faces and new «theater» and «sunlight» modes, the latest
Android Wear update also changes the way
notifications are handled on your watch when you're connected to a
phone that's also running Lollipop.
But really that's where the similarities end — this is a new type of smartwatch from LG, a watch that can function as a standalone mobile device as well as pairing with an
Android phone to show you
notifications, calls and other stuff.
You also need to turn on
Android's accessibility features so the app can read your
notifications and send them along to the
phone, which pops up a scary warning about the app reading all your text input.
While it does that, you may see a new
notification on your
phone to add your watch as a «trusted device» for
Android's Smart Lock feature.
Notification channels allow even more detailed customization of the different types of
notifications apps can show on
phones running
Android 8.x (Oreo).
Powered by
Android Wear, receiving SMS, email, calendar, app, and
phone call
notifications has never been easier or more convenient.
There are three categories of
notification in YouTube on a
phone with
Android Oreo.
The software connects to
Android - powered
phones and allows
notifications and apps to be controlled through the device on your wrist.
When you receive a
notification on an
Android phone, that
notification is visible until you dismiss it on both the lockscreen and
notification panel.
There's even «Nowhere Bullet,» a PushBullet screen saver that can display your
Android phone or tablet's
notifications on your TV.
Android Wear, however, also unbundles all the bundled
notifications from your
phone.
- General fixes and improvements: — QS: improved reliability of NFC tile and GravityBox NFC Actions — QS: reworked Protected mode of tiles — QS: fixed protected tiles showing wrong color after unlocking — QS: fixed some long - press actions still working on protected tiles while locked — QS: fixed press actions still working for header tiles while locked — QS: removed info icon showing for protected tiles — Improved image choosing / cropping to eliminate direct file access causing problems on some systems — ProgressBar: fixed not showing for apps targeting old versions of
Android — GB Torch: fixed auto - off feature to use Alarm (does not require WakeLock permission anymore)--
Phone: adjusted for the latest version of Google Dialer - OxygenOS improvements: — Added OOS theming support to GravityBox tiles — Added option for enabling built - in call recording — Added option for disabling Dash charging sound — Made Dash charging sound respect GB Quiet Hours - Samsung fixes and improvements (provided by Firefds)-- Fixed duplicate reboot confirmation — Added Samsung specific strings for rebooting into Download mode — Fixed disabling safe media volume warning — Fixed duplicate
notification slider showing in Volume panel - Updated Russian translations (thanks to gaich)
The Tab S3 also comes with Samsung's Flow app, which can be used to pair the Tab S3 to an
Android phone, so you can see texts and
notifications right on the tablet.
Two of those categories are handled by your
Android on a per
phone basis (General
notifications and Offline
notifications) and the third is a section of account - based settings like
notifications of highlighted videos or when someone you subscribe to uploads a new video.
Apparently, users will be able to sign into a computer with the browser of their choice to read and send messages, with a small
notification showing up within the
Android app to show that the
phone is connected to a computer.
Samsung's launcher just now offers long - press actions that came to
Android in Nougat, but they're half - baked and aren't useful like they are on other
phones — at least the
notification badges are now actually tied to the
notification shade.
Just like the Pebble or Gear 2 line, wearables running
Android Wear connect to an
Android (4.3 Jelly Bean or higher) handset over a Bluetooth connection, allowing
notifications from the
phone to be displayed on the watch.
But
Android Wear is much more than just a mirror for your
phone's
notification tray.
Android phones can control volume in some apps from the
notification bar, or with physical buttons when the
phone is locked, but iPhones can not.
Android Wear pushes cards, just like Google Now, onto your watch face: they could be
notifications like incoming emails, Facebook updates, Google Hangout chats, texts, Twitter interactions, or
phone calls: it could be the score to a local game, the weather, directions to a place you've been before, or a reminder that music is playing on your
phone.
Android Wear watches can receive
notifications for
phone calls, alarms, text messages, and calendar reminders, as well as for other apps that you select on your iPhone.
As we are mostly all on 7.0 on TouchWiz / Samsung Experience, we use a new method of «Optimizing apps» (you are able to see this when you update your
phone, it will show a
notification with the
Android Nougat icon, saying that it is upgrading in the background), so this way of optimizing apps also unloads target packages, ultimately disrupting the idmapping process at boot (due to target package not existing) and thus, a few people experience overlay unloads after a reboot.
Well, if you're already working on a Windows 10 laptop, which isn't such a bad idea nowadays, Cortana offers extra functionality, like
notifications on your PC when you miss a call on your
Android phone that's additionally equipped with Cortana (pictured above on far left).
It took several tries to pair with its app, has a dangerous lag time when sending
notifications, and only works with iOS
phones — sorry,
Android users, this one's not for you.
While it might be worth holding off on the OS upgrade, at least for the time being,
Android Oreo brings a handful of new features to Xiaomi's budget
phone, including picture - in - picture mode, bundled
notifications, plenty of UI tweaks, and fast charging support.
Shortly, when an OTA is released you will receive an
Android notification on your
phone.
Get
notifications from your
phone to your PC: Cortana will now surface your
phone notifications and critical alerts, including messages from messaging services, SMS or social media as well as missed calls from any Windows 10
phone or
Android device to your PC, so you never miss a beat while staying focused on your PC.
Notifications from your
Android phone will soon appear on your Windows 10 PC, thanks to a new feature, announced at Build 2016, that Microsoft is planning to bring to both platforms in the near future.
The
Android 8.1.0 official upgrade brings the following new changes with the new OS: new Wallpaper - based theme, new Power Menu just like on the Pixel 2
phones, battery levels now can be seen on the Bluetooth settings screen, revamped Settings page, a new Oreo Easter Egg, the Keep Wifi On During Sleep option will be removed, from now on Apps will only show a single
notification alert per second, «Apps Using Battery»
notification dismissal is supported in Oreo 8.1, Semi-Transparent Quick Settings panel, and more.
If you have the new software on your
phone and on your
Android Wear device, how are you handling the changes to the way
notifications either come in or don't?
There's also a
notification LED on the Galaxy S8 +, which all
Android phones should have.