Sentences with phrase «at the notification shade»

Furthermore, Android O also adds new visuals and grouping to notifications that make it easier for users to see what's going on when they have an incoming message or are glancing at the notification shade.

And speaking of «vague,» Burke also says O has «new visuals and grouping to notifications that make it easier for users to see what's going on when they have an incoming message or are glancing at the notification shade.»

As I've mentioned in my reviews of other Huawei devices, like the Honor 8 and Mate 9, th software is rather remeniscant of iOS, especially when you look at the notification shade, and the fact that there is no app drawer.

Android O also adds new visuals and grouping to notifications that make it easier for users to see what's going on when they have an incoming message or are glancing at the notification shade.

Instead of swiping down to look at the notification shade to view alerts, users can view their notification by pressing and holding on the app's icon with Notification Dots.

Not exact matches

There are a lot of ways that Android is more customizable and efficient than iOS, like the app icons and the notifications shade, but at the end of the day, it all boils down to personal preference.

At any time, pulling a finger down from the top of the screen opens the Android notification shade.

At the same time, and much more frustratingly to me, if you pull down settings shade on your watch and toggle to none, priority or all notifications that state is synced back to your phone.

You can usually find that option at the top of your notifications shade.

The handy buttons at the top of the notification shade might not contain all the settings you want, but that's no problem for someone like you who had the good judgment to buy a Galaxy S5.

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.

The top few tiles will remain visible at the top of your notification shade as well.

Now the brightness slider appears under the single row of settings toggles at the top of the notification shade.

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.

This is just a minor tweak, but when you pull down your notification shade to access your Quick Settings tiles, you'll now see a set of connectivity and battery indicators at the top of the screen, next to the Settings gear.

I'm also not particular to the Quick Settings in the Notifications shade; the icons for each option are too big, and at first glance it looks messy and crowded.

This allows you swipe down the notifications shade to glance at your alerts and messages, and we've found it very easy to accidentally swipe when handling the phone.

At the top and bottom of the shade, the corners are rounded off, with a subtle line separating each notification.

And the new, darker notification shade, is more customizable than ever, with more icons shown at once than the old grid setup of old.

Pull down the notification shade at the top of your screen and tap the Disconnect button to stop casting your screen.

In the toggles area at the top of the notifications shade, the date is now in a slightly less condensed font which makes it a little more more legible at a glance and the card - like spacer between the toggles and the notifications has been removed.

The Quick Settings area at the top of the notification shade is white now.

After expanding your notification shade, give it a second swipe and tap on the pencil icon at the bottom of the shade.

You know those quick settings found at the top of your notification shade?

You'll now see a thin strip of toggles at the top of the notifications shade for frequently used things like Wi - Fi, Do Not Disturb, battery and the flashlight.

To disable them, pull down the notification shade at the top of the screen, tap the «Parental controls are enabled» option, and then enter your password.

Quick Settings is now paginated and you can edit which icons appear at the top of the notifications shade and Google has added new System UI Tuner options for Quick Settings like Night Mode and offered developers the ability to create their own custom Quick Settings icons.

One of the most thoughtful aspects of TouchWiz is the configurable group of toggles at the top of the notification shade.

You wouldn't notice if you were just looking at notifications while on your home screen, but if you bring up a white menu like the Google Now page or your app drawer before pulling down the notification shade, it becomes apparent.

To enable the System UI Tuner, pull down the notification shade at the top of your Android smartphone or tablet's screen.

(The semi-workaround for the notification shade is to place a shortcut button in the nav bar at the bottom.)

Fortunately though, you can toggle Wi - Fi and Bluetooth on or off via the ever - present Quick Settings toggles at the top of the notifications shade.

Nougat introduces a handy list of five toggles that are always present at the top of your notifications shade.

The Nexus 6P, which I'm using with Android 7.1.2 now, gained fingerprint scanner gestures at last, meaning you can now drag down the notifications shade with the rear - mounted finger scanner.

Your phone's screen will now continue to work in landscape mode (at least in apps and menus that support it; the home screen, for example, only works in portrait) until you re-enable auto rotation, turn the phone to portrait orientation, then tap the rotation toggle in the notification shade till it says Portrait.

If you've never experienced any latter version of EMUI, you're in store for a user interface that rounds off all the app icons, forgoes the app drawer in favor of putting everything on the home screens, and splits the pull - down shade between notifications and a slew of settings shortcuts — a dozen at first, and eight more available if you pull down again.

It's quite fast at unlocking and also, there are those useful swipe features such as, you can swipe down to bring the notification shade.

I also appreciate the attention to detail in the notification shade, at least concerning how the buttons have been laid out.

At its core, Android Wear is a little remote for your Android phone's notification shade.

We were able to get about half of WatchON's features working with our living room setup, and we got pretty good at changing the volume on our LG TV, especially once we figured out how to throw the remote control app into our notification shade.

This is super useful because you can quickly glance at your status bar rather than having to take a guess or pull down the notifications shade to see what battery percentage you have left.

We've gotten a glimpse at EMUI 5 through a leaked ROM on the Huawei P9, and the updated software seems to eliminate many of the pain points of previous EMUI versions, specifically in the notification shade, lock screen and app - switching areas.

For example, two of my least favorite interface changes in Lollipop are the app switcher and the quick settings shade that is accessible with a second downward swipe after you open the notifications shade at the top of the screen.

More important notifications, on the other hand, appear at the top of your notification shade and take up as many as three lines.

It's visually a little brighter and more appealing, but you're still dealing with a heavy Android skin that removes the app drawer and rips off iOS at every opportunity — from the camera app to the folders and the notification shade.

Namely, the pull - down shade at the top has been updated with the dedicated quick settings page, which feels a tad redundant alongside Samsung's baked - in toggles in the notification shade.

Other than that, the user interface is the very same Jelly Bean experience we've come to know and love over the last year: widgets on the home and lock screens, folders, five total home screens, and the split pull - down notification shades at the top — left for notifications and right for quick settings toggles.

MIUI 8 itself has matured well, and the features that made it stand out at launch are all present on the Mi 5s: Dual Apps, Second Space, scrolling screenshot, built - in video editor, Quick Ball, retooled notification shade, and an improved dialer.

The AOD lists the different notification icons that are sitting in the notification shade, so you can get a quick glance at what is waiting for you under the lock screen.

The firmware update weighs in at just under 1 GB and brings all of the features that you have come to expect from the Nougat update, including but not limited to the Multi-Window mode, improved Doze mode and notifications shade, user interface tweaks and more.