The update adds the ability to save and pin your favorite teams and sports to your Windows Phone Start Screen, customize the Live Tile score updates and you can now
receive toast notifications for news and score updates.
One nice thing about notifications is that you have the ability to
receive toast notifications when severe weather alerts are issued for your forecast city or cities (you get that choice).
Not exact matches
There is a badge that now displays the number of
notifications you have missed, and we are making it easier for you to know what app your
notifications are from by adding a subtle animation to the icon (showing the sender app's logo) whenever you
receive notifications that do not show a
toast.
If you find some
notifications useful, such as calendar events, but you don't want a
toast notification for every Facebook «Like» or new e-mail you
receive, you can turn them off on a per - app basis.
It is equipped with
Toast notifications and Live Tile support, so you can
receive real - time PM
notifications.
[See our earlier hands - on video] A cursory look of the app shows no major changes to the UI, but the big new feature is the ability to
receive Direct Messages and Mentions as pushed «
toast»
notifications (those at the top of the screen) and Home (live tile)
notifications...