Importantly, there's now an area to control notifications in the settings, and a new way of managing how
app notifications appear.
If you have an Apple Watch or a smartwatch using Google's Android Wear platform, both of these provide ways to control which
app notifications appear on your watch.
Not exact matches
App developers will be able to decide what types of
notifications appear on the watch and let you take actions such as replying to messages.
A
notification that
appeared on Facebook for some users Tuesday told them that «one of your friends» used Facebook to log into a now - banned personality quiz
app called «This Is Your Digital Life.»
A
notification that
appeared on Facebook for some users Tuesday told them that «one of your friends» used Facebook to log into a now - banned personality quiz
app called «This Is Your Digital Life.»
They then get a
notification, and your date offer
appears in a new Invites section on the
app.
The changes
appear to be an improvement in design and functionality, allowing easier toggling of Bluetooth, GPS, Airplane mode, Sound, screen rotation,
app syncing, Wi - Fi,
notifications, and screen brightness, but they are a change nonetheless.
Once you are in Relaunch, you can still access all your
apps etc, through the
app button (bottom centre) and your
notifications still
appear at the top.
Notifications will
appear as icons in the bottom right - hand corner, so will inform you of emails, tweets,
app updates and so on.
Notifications of new Chat messages will
appear in the Incoming Chat popover located on the Nav Bar, so you can quickly and easily access new Chat messages as you receive them from anywhere in the
app.
Windows 10 already has full - screen ads on the sign - in screen, ads that pop up from the taskbar, ads that
appear as
notifications, sponsored
apps in the Start menu, Candy Crush tiles installed by default, and full - screen video ads in the Solitaire
app.
You may also be able to choose a
notification sound (or simply turn the sound on or off), as well as whether or not this particular
app can
appear on the Lock Screen.
You can also disable
notifications for individual
apps, or hide the many other
notifications that
appear throughout Windows.
For example, you could have an
app's
notifications appear in your history so you can review them at your leisure, but turn off audible sounds, hide the
notification banners that
appear while you're using your iPhone or iPad, and even remove them from your lock screen.
To do this, tap «Edit» in the upper - right corner and you can drag your
apps around so their
notifications appear in the order you prefer.
All the
apps and websites that can send you
notifications appear under the «Allow» list here.
Any locations sent to the phone will
appear as a
notification in your
notification center, and once you select it, you'll be taken directly to the maps
app with the address front and center.
In addition to toggling
notifications on or off for individual
apps, you can also adjust other options if you want an
app's
notifications to
appear silently, or if you want the actual content of your
notification to be hidden from your lock screen.
For the first year after the release of Windows 10, Microsoft offered free upgrades using the Get Windows 10
app, which
appeared in the taskbar as a
notification icon and in Windows Update.
For those who had synced their Gmail accounts, this means they will now see a lot more
notifications appear from the native Mail
app itself, rather than always relying on the Gmail or Inbox
app.
Google has tweaked Android's
notification feature, for instance, so when an
app has
notifications pending, a dot
appears in a corner of the program's icon.
Note:
apps will only
appear in the list once they've sent at least one
notification
You already get alerts in the pull - down
notifications shade at the top of the screen, but with Android Oreo, you'll see a dot
appear next to an
app icon that tells you you have an unread item.
Instead, a
notification banner will
appear after your
apps are installed telling you that new
apps are available and you would click on this banner to change your defaults.
A
notification from the website will
appear in Windows, just like an
app might send.
Set
notifications for the Windows Feedback
app to «Off» and they won't
appear as pop - ups or in the action center any longer.
For some users, these fail to
appear at all, while for others they
appear for a handful of
apps and circumstances (like getting a
notification when they are being called) but not all.
Getting
notifications to
appear in Windows 10's
notification center will be possible through Microsoft's Cortana
app for Android.
Using a «breakthrough deep - learning algorithm,» the Presence security camera detects people, cars, and animals that
appear outside the home, and reports all activity via
notifications and recordings through the connected Netatmo Security
app.
Our only issue with the
notification shade is the issue with Gmail and it doesn't
appear to happen with other
apps — although we didn't test other email
apps.
You can use the other options here to configure exactly where an
app's
notifications appear — in the history, in pop - up banners, or as a badge on the
app's icon.
The
app's
notifications will still
appear in your history and in banners while the phone is unlocked.
Home security brand Brinks is expanding its ARRAY line of smart home products with new outdoor lighting options equipped with cameras and smart deadbolts that let you make sure your door is secure from afar.The ARRAY Smart Light fixtures, which are meant to replace a home's existing outdoor lighting, include built - in cameras with custom lenses and improved camera firmware to offer up reduced shadows and distortion.AI built into the accompanying
app is able to tell the difference between people, animals, and inanimate objects like tree branches to deliver smart
notifications, and Brinks says there's «virtually no lag time» between when the camera senses motion and an image
appears in the ARRAY
app.Brinks will offer two versions of the ARRAY Smart Light, including a coach
Other improvements and fixes — Adds support for faster wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X with compatible third - party accessories — Introduces three new Live wallpapers for iPhone X — Improves video camera stabilization — Adds support in Podcasts to automatically advance to the next episode from the same show — Adds support in HealthKit for downhill snow sports distance as a data type — Fixes an issue that could cause Mail to
appear to be checking for new messages even when a download is complete — Fixes an issue that could cause cleared Mail
notifications from Exchange accounts to reappear — Improves stability in Calendar — Resolves an issue where Settings could open to a blank screen — Fixes an issue that could prevent swiping to Today View or Camera from the Lock Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent Music controls from displaying on the Lock Screen — Fixes an issue that could cause app icons to be arranged incorrectly on the Home Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent users from deleting recent photos when iCloud storage is exceeded — Addresses an issue where Find My iPhone sometimes wouldn't display a map — Fixes an issue in Messages where the keyboard could overlap the most recent message — Fixes an issue in Calculator where typing numbers rapidly could lead to incorrect results — Addressed an issue where the keyboard could respond slowly — Adds support for real - time text (RTT) phone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing — Improves VoiceOver stability in Messages, Settings, App Store, and Music — Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming
notifications from Exchange accounts to reappear — Improves stability in Calendar — Resolves an issue where Settings could open to a blank screen — Fixes an issue that could prevent swiping to Today View or Camera from the Lock Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent Music controls from displaying on the Lock Screen — Fixes an issue that could cause
app icons to be arranged incorrectly on the Home Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent users from deleting recent photos when iCloud storage is exceeded — Addresses an issue where Find My iPhone sometimes wouldn't display a map — Fixes an issue in Messages where the keyboard could overlap the most recent message — Fixes an issue in Calculator where typing numbers rapidly could lead to incorrect results — Addressed an issue where the keyboard could respond slowly — Adds support for real - time text (RTT) phone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing — Improves VoiceOver stability in Messages, Settings, App Store, and Music — Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming Notificati
app icons to be arranged incorrectly on the Home Screen — Addresses an issue that could prevent users from deleting recent photos when iCloud storage is exceeded — Addresses an issue where Find My iPhone sometimes wouldn't display a map — Fixes an issue in Messages where the keyboard could overlap the most recent message — Fixes an issue in Calculator where typing numbers rapidly could lead to incorrect results — Addressed an issue where the keyboard could respond slowly — Adds support for real - time text (RTT) phone calls for the deaf and hard of hearing — Improves VoiceOver stability in Messages, Settings,
App Store, and Music — Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming Notificati
App Store, and Music — Resolves an issue that prevented VoiceOver from announcing incoming
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You can have
notifications appear and even install
apps from the Samsung Gear store while an embedded version of Samsung Health shows your activity data.
The new
app, which starts its rollout in the Windows Store today,
appears to be a UWP web
app with a few Windows 10 integrations such as a Live Tile and toast
notifications.
Animations such as swiping down to reveal the
notification shade
appear to have been tightened up, which gives the impression of speed, but overall I didn't notice much of a difference when switching between applications or launching
apps.
In addition, within the
app's settings, you can customize the dialer codes that
appear in the
notification shade, as well as the order.
The Bundled
Notifications feature groups notifications from the same app, using time distinctions to let you know when a notification appeared on your phone («56m» for 56 minutes ago,
Notifications feature groups
notifications from the same app, using time distinctions to let you know when a notification appeared on your phone («56m» for 56 minutes ago,
notifications from the same
app, using time distinctions to let you know when a
notification appeared on your phone («56m» for 56 minutes ago, for example).
Instead, all Android Wear
apps,
notifications and Google Now alerts
appear as cards that sweep on and off the home screen — either in reaction to an external signal (e.g., a location trigger) or by a user voice command (e.g., «OK Google, where's the nearest sushi restaurant?»).
In Windows 8, similar
App Toast
Notifications appear in the upper right corner of your desktop.
An Icon Badge option now
appears in the home screen settings, which enables
app notification dots (although these only seem to
appear in a single color right now).
Fitbit, it
appears, is no longer discounting the fact that wearable customers want the best of both worlds: A fitness band that is capable of tracking everything from sleep to workouts while providing access to an
app store,
notifications, and other smartwatch - like features.
It also brings an improved drop - down
notification window, lock screen
notifications, card - like task manager with all
apps appearing in the same place, battery stats that show battery time left, Material Design touch, stability improvements and performance enhancements.
Said user has posted several screenshots from the device which
appear to show off a brand new calendar design, the ability to organise
apps by frequency of use, and perhaps most interestingly: a
notification center.
There's still a vertical list of Live Tiles on the Start screen along with a master
app list, and the familiar «Action Center» for
notifications still
appears when you pull down from the top of the screen.
When you receive a
notification from any app you selected in Step 2, it'll appear as an icon in a single notification card from Notif
notification from any
app you selected in Step 2, it'll
appear as an icon in a single
notification card from Notif
notification card from
NotificationNotification Hub.
To interact with it, you can long - press on the
app icon and a pop - up bubble
appears showing the
notification, right above where the
app icon is on the screen.
In order to receive
notifications, it
appears that the screen must be on with the
app either open in the foreground or locked in the background.
That includes Moto Assist for dynamic adjustments (
notifications turn off during a meeting for instance, or the phone goes hands - free when driving), Moto Actions for motion controls (twist to open the camera
app, among others), Moto Voice (a voice - powered virtual assistant), and Moto Display (
notifications appear on the lockscreen when a hand is detected).