You should only do this if an app isn't working properly, or if you really need up - to - the - second
notifications for the app in question.
You could already access quick responses inside
notifications for some apps on Android, but Nougat lets you tap out replies and so on without ever having to launch the app at all - very handy when you need to respond to a text then get back to what you were doing.
This, perhaps, borrows from iOS in grouping everything together to control notification behaviours at the top level, letting you dictate which app notifications are a priority, and letting you
block notifications for an app entirely.
Apple has had a history of strange time - related bugs affecting iOS multiple times over the years, but this particular issue appears to be related to recurring
notifications for apps like reminders.
Notably missing are Lyft, Twitter, Whatsapp, Slack, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook, though you can still receive
notifications for those apps as long as your watch is connected to your phone.
Leave this option enabled so that you can
review notifications for app in the Notification Center, even if you've disabled alerts for that app.
There's even a bonus if you use AutoNotification to
control notifications for apps that already implement notification channels: setting custom vibration patterns works for those apps as well!
Even after
enabling notifications for each app (they are disabled by default) and disabling all three levels of battery life optimizations («Background Freeze,» «Abnormal Apps Optimization,» and «Doze»), we still could not receive any notifications.
Essentially
when notifications for apps show up in your status bar, long - pressing on it will still take the user to the notification settings for that particular application, but once inside of the notification settings page for that specific app, there will be another «info» button which users can press to get to the app info page.
The notification dots appear on an app's icon in the launcher (both on the home screen and in the app drawer) to let you know that you have an
unread notification for that app.
The easiest way to tell if this is the case with an app is to check its notification options: if you have to specify a «refresh» or «update» interval, the app or service isn't using push notifications, and you're probably best off turning off
notifications for that app entirely.
You can customize
the notifications for each app that you use with your Apple Watch.
When you have
a notification for an app that you haven't yet looked at, the app's icon will display a small colored dot in the upper - right corner.
You can customize
the notifications for each app that you use with your Apple Watch.
If an app has more than 3 notifications, just click or tap to expand and see
all notifications for that app.
In addition to Android O showing
a notification for apps like Facebook Messenger that draw over other applications, there is now one for those running in the background.
To turn off
notifications for an app: Go to settings > notifications and toggle off notifications for the app you don't want to hear from.
In Notifications you can block
all notifications for any app on your device.
From this screen, you can indiscriminately enable or disable
all notifications for the app (represented by the on / off switch at the top), enable or disable notification dots for the app, or specifically choose which types of notifications you'd like to see from the app.
To disable
notifications for apps, you need to go to Settings, then select Notifications.
You can clear all
the notifications for any app by tapping the «x» icon opposite its name, then tapping the Clear button that appears.
Here, you will see all the settings for configuring
your Notifications for all apps or for individual apps, and also for Quiet Hours.
If you get
a notification for an app that isn't immediately within view of the display, you have to scroll around just to make sure you haven't missed anything.
You can manage the individual default apps, for example, you can manage two types of
notifications for each app (features coming to Android 6.0 Marshmallow), you can turn off the network name, or you can show the data speed you're getting.
To disable
notifications for an app, switch the «Block All» toggle the on position.
To turn off
notifications for the app, right - click on the particular notification.