Honor 8 Pro and Honor 9 users can expect faster boot times, notification
dots on app icons, and also more efficient Smart Tips.
Android 8.0 Oreo introduced the concept of displaying
dots on app icons to signify unread notifications.
Among the differences are a tweak to the interface, with the iconography updated, along with notification
dots on app icons.
New features include picture - in - picture video that lets you multitask with videos still playing in a corner, contextual copy - and - paste that makes it easier to select phone numbers, addresses and emails, and notification
dots on app icons.
Since this phone runs Android oreo, you now get little notifications
dots on your app icons.
Unlike the iOS implementation though,
the dots on the app icons don't give you a count of how many notifications you have — you'll have to long press to get that information.
This starts with Notification Dots that show up as a tiny
dot on an app icon as alerts roll in.
Here, you will see
a dot on app icons whenever this app has some notifications in the notifications shade.
New notification
dots on apps icons offer a colorful reminder to check out updates.
When you clear the notification from the notification shade, you won't see
the dot on the app icons anymore.
Not exact matches
Changing resolutions within the
app is simple: while watching a video, tap
on the three -
dot overflow menu that appears in the top right, select the gear
icon and then choose your resolution.
The third option — «Badge
app icon» — lets you disable those red
dots that show up
on dock
icons.
Badges are
dots that are shown along one corner of an
app's
icon on your home screen when a notification arrives involving it.
Beyond setting an
icon pack and adjusting your
app drawer grid, you can turn back
on our dock, unread badges or Android O notification
dots, and even turn
on a few extra gestures.
Razer hasn't provided a change log or release notes for its 8.1 update quite yet, but we should expect all of the basic Oreo features we've come to love — including picture - in - picture, better restrictions
on apps running in the background, notification
dots by
app icons, and more.
You can set it to show the exact number of notifications beside the
app icon or you can set it to show coloured
dots just like the Notification Dots on Android 8.0 O
dots just like the Notification
Dots on Android 8.0 O
Dots on Android 8.0 Oreo.
For example, the Slack
app displays a small red
dot on its regular
icon to let you know when you've received a new message.
On the design front, Notification Dots add a badge to app icons, while long - pressing on the Pixel Launcher will now show active alert
On the design front, Notification
Dots add a badge to
app icons, while long - pressing
on the Pixel Launcher will now show active alert
on the Pixel Launcher will now show active alerts.
One strange thing we've noticed
on the Essential Phone, the
dots do not adapt their color to the particular
app icon.
The main difference between what iOS offers and Android Oreo's feature is that
Dots are interactive: long press
on an
icon on your home screen, and you'll be able to see the notifications tied to that
app in a pop - up window above without having to pull down the shade.
It introduces «notification
dots», the Android version of Apple's red notification badges in iOS showing the number of un-dismissed notifications
on each
app icon.
To give you some background, Android Oreo introduced a feature called Notifications
Dots, which shows a small indicator
on an
app's home screen
icon when you have an unread notification.
Once you clear the notifications in the shade, the
dot also disappears
on the
app icon.
Android
app shortcuts have been implemented
on the Samsung launcher, as well as notification
dots and adaptive
icons.
As standard, a small
dot icon in the bottom left corner lets GS8 owners hide the
on - screen navigation buttons for home, back and recent
apps, freeing up space for whichever
app is currently
on - screen.
A
dot plopped
on a home screen
app means you have a notification from it; long - pressing the
app's
icon will pop the notification details up right there, over the
icon.
Ideally, Notification
Dots will appear
on apps»
icons when there are unread notifications, which are also active in the usual notification shade.
Over in the notification settings there's a new «Allow notification
dot» toggle for each
app that lets you choose whether to show an unread
icon on the accompanying home screen
app.
When you log press an
icon that has a
dot on the upper right corner, you'll see the waiting notification without having to open the
app.
In Android O, small
dots will appear
on launcher
icons on the home screen when you have a notification from the
app.
Android 8.0 Oreo is a relatively minor update that introduces a few handy new features such as Notification
Dots, like Apple's unread badges
on app icons, and Picture - in - Picture mode, which lets you continue watching a video while in another
app.
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.
The
Dots themselves aren't interactive and their only dynamic element is their ability to change color based
on the main hue of the system
app icon that they're attached to.
Notifications have been cleaned up, and there are new notification
dots that show up
on an
app icon.
Certain applications will now have a
dot on their corresponding
icons when updates and notifications are available within the
app.
On top of that, you'll get the new notification
dots, which shows which
apps have notifications from the
app icons.
Phones not running Oreo will also miss out
on the options for enabling notification
dots and changing
app icon shapes.
The company will also bring a new
dot next to the
app icon in the pull - down notification share and
on the
app shortcut.
Oreo features like Picture - in - Picture mode,
app shortcuts, smart text selection and notification
dots — oddly called badge
app icons — are
on board.
The
dot's color is selected automatically, extracted from the
icon of the
app on which it's resting.
For a complete list of what your smartwatch can do, open the Wear OS
app on your smartphone, tap the triple
dot icon on the top right, and head to Help & feedback.
• Quick Search Button (QSB) with transparent rectangle, Google Pill (formerly pull tab), and Date / Weather widget • Notification
Dots (only works for Android 6.0 Marshmallow and higher) • Google Calendar
app icon with date • Google Now feed
on the left side of normal workspace