Notifications & Alerts
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Notifications & Alerts

Learn how to access and adjust notification settings, turn notifications on or off, and more.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
 
• Quickly access and respond to notifications
• Access notification settings
• Turn on or off notification badges
• Turn lock screen notifications on or off
• Turn notifications on or off on a per-app basis
• Adjust notification sounds
 
 

Quickly access and respond to notifications

Swipe down from the Notification bar. Notifications will be displayed.

 

To respond to a notification, select the desired response or action.

 

 

Access notification settings

1. Swipe down from the Notification bar with two fingers, then select the settings icon Settings icon.

2. Select Notifications. Edit Notification settings as desired.


 

Turn on or off notification badges

From the Notifications screen, scroll to and select the Notification dot on app icon switch to turn notification badges on or off.


 

Turn lock screen notifications on or off

To block or unblock notifications from appearing when the device is locked, from the Notifications screen, select Notifications on lock screen, then select the desired option.


 

Turn notifications on or off on a per-app basis

1. From the Notifications screen, select App notifications, then select the desired app.
 
Note: Select the drop-down icon > All apps to show all apps.

 

2. Selected the desired switch to enable notifications.


 

Adjust notification sounds

1. From the Settings screen, select Sound & vibration.

 

2. Scroll to and select Default notification sound. Select the desired notification sound, then select OK.


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