By being more vibrant and more informative, Dynamic Badges have helped me see the value
of unread badges and helped me keep things clean and functional on my many home screen themes.
Whatever camp you may be in, there's a new kind
of unread badge to try in the latest Nova Launcher beta update: Dynamic Badges.
Not exact matches
The number
of unread messages that you have waiting for you can also be seen in the
badge attached to the messaging icon.
However, the endless stream
of requests and negative reviews over the last two years due to no
unread badge support have proven too much for me to ignore any longer.
For example,
unread badges can be reliably fetched for SMS messages, but there remains no bulletproof way to fetch the number
of unread Hangouts, Allo or Facebook Messenger messages.
For example, the Mail apps
badge shows you the number
of unseen emails (not
unread).
Basically, this puts a small
badge on top
of the app's icon that specifies how many
unread notifications you have (much like iOS does by default).
Seeing how many notifications each
of your oft - used apps have is easy enough if you never clear your notification panel, but if you're not interested in leaving clutter in the notification bar,
Unread Badges are your answer.
With this feature activated, any app
of your choosing will appear with a small
badge on the corner
of its icon, and within that small
badge is a number that signals how many
unread notifications that the app has waiting for you.
Fans
of Samsung devices tend to cite the notification
badges that appear over app icons to alert them
of unread notifications as one
of their most - beloved features
of TouchWiz.
You, too, can enjoy these
unread badges by using Nova as your launcher
of choice.
Notification
Badges mimic iOS»
unread badge counters — you'll see dots appear above an app or folder with new notifications, and tapping or pressing the icon
of an app with a dot show it as a pop - up.
Unread badges have existed on mobile home screens since before Android to help remind us
of things we need to take care
of.
That's all in addition to Android 8.0 Oreo features like Notification Channels, which let you toggle categories
of alerts on a per - app basis, and Notification
Badges, which mimic iOS»
unread badge counters.
Unread badges have always been a controversial piece
of the home screen experience.
These replace the standard notification
badges that show up on the right side
of each app icon and provide you with the number
of missed calls,
unread messages on different apps, and more.
Nova Launcher has long had notification
badges, but they're getting a bit
of an overhaul in the latest Nova Launcher Beta update, ditching
unread counts for something a little more dynamic.