Start your day with a quick
glance at your notifications tab (located, as of this writing, at the top right of your page).
The Edge is also quite handy for
glancing at notifications with the phone faced screen - down.
With the Moto X Pure Edition, you get a near stock Android iteration with some useful features from Motorola baked in, such as twisting your wrist to open the camera, chopping twice to turn on the LED flash,
glancing at notifications with Moto Display, or discreetly performing voice commands, just to name a few.
Thanks to iOS 10's new «Raise to Wake» feature, iPhone users can pick up their devices and quickly get
a glance at their notifications and other pertinent information.
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.»
A slight tilt of the wrist is all you need to
glance at your notifications on its 1.3 - inch display.
As mentioned, the fingerprint scanner is embedded into the power button of the LG G5, so you certainly won't have the opportunity to take a look at the lock screen for a quick
glance at your notifications on pressing the power button, with the scanner unlocking the device and opening the homescreen instead.
That's not to say that the scanner of the Galaxy Note 5 is particularly slow either, but some may actually prefer the extra time it takes to allow for a quick
glance at the notifications.
You can then touch that icon to
glance at the notification and open it if you need to see more.
That goes a step further if you choose to enable the dark mode in the settings and turn on the ambient display mode (familiar to Nexus users) to
glance at notifications when they arrive on your sleeping phone.
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.
The concept of a smartwatch that lets
me glance at those notifications on my wrist, while my phone rests in my pocket is a wonderful idea.
Not every user needs another device just to
glance at their notifications or play music on their primary device.
There's also a new always - on screen that will let
you glance at notifications, the time and calendar.
In addition to this, the Ambient Display mode from Android 6.0 Marshmallow and various Motorola phones is here in all its heavy breathing glory too, giving you quick
glances at your notifications as they come in without wasting battery or having to pick the phone up.
Those wanting to do a quick check of these notifications can simply swipe their hand over the top of the phone near the earpiece, which will activate a single «breath» of the Ambient Display to give you a quick
glance at any notifications that might be awaiting your response.
Having a device on your wrist that will allow you to quickly
glance at any notification that hits your phone without having to pull out a potential distraction source is a great way to focus on what matters most - your work at hand.
Not exact matches
At a
glance, you can see both your recent and missed
notifications in one place.
If you're really ambitious, consider having that manager (or someone helping out the manager)
glance at the feeds, or set «push
notifications.»
Your daughter will be able to see and check
notifications at first
glance which is super cool.
The touch - screen interface is sublime, offering
notifications such as calendar, text, and email messages
at a single
glance.
Hold the phone: The HB Tune band can be wore on your upper arm or strapped around the palm of your hand for the folks who like being able to change songs, check a
notification, or
glance at your running app without the possibility of accidentally dropping it.
A new «message centre» button on the wheel will let you see things such as SMS, emails and
notifications about the car
at a
glance.
The bottom right houses the
notification area, where you can do everything from
glance at incoming e-mail alerts and skipping to the next song to adjusting settings such as brightness.
The bottom right houses the
notification area, where you can do everything from
glance at incoming e-mail alerts and skip to the next song to adjust settings like brightness.
The bottom right houses the
notification area, where you can do everything from
glance at incoming e-mail alerts and skip to the next song to adjust settings such as brightness.
Users will be saved from having to
glance at their smartphone each time there is a new call or
notification.
By taking advantage of this functionality, developers can use cards to display
notifications, summaries, and any relevant details for you to view
at a
glance.
It might save time to
glance at your wrist, rather than take your phone out, get it out of standby and open the
notification.
At a
glance you can see market conditions, your account information, important
notifications, scrolling news topics and you can even submit an instant quote.
Here's just a snapshot of the different ways you could use them: Remembering to drink more water; Seeing how many steps you take in a day; Protecting your home from intruders; Visualising just how well you sleep
at night... All of these actions can be viewed
at a
glance with the easy - to - use smartphone app and you can choose exactly how you want to be notified of what's going on, whether that's by push
notification, text messages, sms, email, phone calls or even just simple sounds and lights on the mother device itself.
It lets me
glance at the time and basic
notifications as well as control my music without activating the phone.
You can look
at recent orders, and get
notifications on your deliveries and other information
at a
glance from the app.
I'm not a fan of this position because it requires you to lift the device from where you left it to unlock it, but thankfully there's an always - on display to show you
notifications as well as the time and date
at a
glance.
I'd also recommend leaving Tag
notifications on, so that you can see
at a
glance if anyone is trying to get your attention on Facebook.
At a
glance, you can see both your recent and missed
notifications in one place.
Plus, bundled
notifications let you see your
notifications at a
glance.
It lets you check the time and
notifications at a
glance.
In my opinion in, the former is the more useful of the two — particularly because the fingerprint scanner brings you straight to the OnePlus 5T's homescreen and bypasses lockscreen
notifications, allowing you to
glance at new messages.
Similarly, if you regularly need more than quick
glances at emails, messages, and the like, you'll likely still take your phone out of your pocket whenever a
notification appears.
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.
The new feature will be available on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps, and it'll make it easier for users to see
at a
glance the
notifications available for a particular app through a badge with a counter.
Android Wear's main purpose is to show users their
notifications at a
glance but sometimes there are certain
notifications that you just don't want to pop - up on your watch.
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.
It's easier than ever to check your
notifications at a
glance and pare them down right from the lockscreen, maintaining a list of them as a sort of automatically generated to - do list, swiping away Facebook
notifications and tapping through to the emails.
Putting those permanent icons in the space usually occupied by transient
notifications creates a dissonance: every time I
glance at that corner, I keep thinking I have unread messages.
The Fitbit app features a Live Tile when pinned to your Start screen giving you all the up - to - date information and
notifications at a
glance.
Yes, the UI is close to stock Android with some BlackBerry apps like BB Messenger and Hub (where you can see all your
notifications and messages from different services
at one
glance) features like Peek, which is a tab on the edge of the display which you can tap to see calendars, messages, tasks and contacts quickly, no matter which app you are in, as well as a DTEK app which scans your device and tells you how secure it is (we were told we had made a mistake by going for a «screen lock that uses a swipe gesture.»)
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.