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Notifications

Stay in touch with what‘s happening on your phone with notifications.

Use the notification panel

When you receive new notifications, such as messages or missed calls, indicator icons appear on the status bar at the top of the screen. To see more information about the notifications, drag the status bar down. To close the view, swipe up on the screen.

To open the notification panel, drag the status bar down. To close the notification panel, swipe up on the screen.

To change the notification settings for an app, tap Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications > App notifications and tap the app name to open the app settings. You can turn notifications on or off for each app individually. To see the apps that are not allowed to send notifications, tap All apps > Apps: Turned off.

Tip: To see notification dots, tap Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications and switch Allow notification dots on. A small dot will appear on the app icon if you’ve got a notification, but haven’t attended to it yet. Tap and hold the icon to see available options. You can tap the notification to open it or swipe to dismiss it.

Use the quick setting icons

Use the quick setting icons

To activate certain features, tap the quick settings icons on the notification panel. To see more icons, drag the menu down.

To rearrange the icons, tap mode_edit, tap and hold an icon, and then drag it to another location.

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