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 lock screen notifications on or off
• Turn on or off notification badges
• 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.

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To respond to a notification, select the desired action.

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Access notification settings

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

2. Select Notifications, then edit settings as desired.

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Turn lock screen notifications on or off

From the Notifications screen, select Notifications on lock screen, then select the desired option.

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Turn on or off notification badges

From the Notifications screen, scroll to and select the Notification dot on app icon switch.

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Turn notifications on or off on a per-app basis

From the Notifications screen, select App notifications > the desired app > adjust notification settings as desired.

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Adjust notification sounds

From the Settings screen, select Sound & vibration > scroll to and select Default notification sound > navigate to and select desired sound > select SAVE when finished.

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