Priority interruptions pertain to what applications can notify you when Do Not Disturb is on. RELATED: Android's Confusing "Do Not Disturb" Settings, Explained Sensitivity settings let us force some apps to hide their content on the lock screen, so if you actually want to see who is e-mailing, you can, but if you don’t want to see text or Messenger previews, you can specifically assign them to hide their content. And, you’re also able to mark these notifications as “sensitive” and/or “priority.” You can completely block notifications, so it exists on our device without constantly reminding you of that fact. You can make fine-tuned adjustments on how an app bugs you. It’s worth mentioning that while Lollipop breaks the list up into alphabetic sections, Marshmallow eliminates the subheads in lieu of a simple alphabetized list. If we scroll to the aforementioned Messenger app, we can show you how this works. When you tap “App notifications” on the Notification Settings screen, you are presented with a scrollable list of all your installed applications. This setting is also available on Marshmallow. Facebook Messenger’s notifications, for example, can’t be turned off–they can only be muted for up to 24 hours.Īndroid Lollipop brought a little sanity and reassurance into this field by introducing the ability to block notifications from any app. Unfortunately, some applications are insistent about getting your attention. This is, usually, the best way to stop an app from sending you notifications.
If an app is regularly sending notifications you don’t want to see, head to that app’s settings and see if there’s an option to turn them off. …and here are those same notifications with “Hide Sensitive Notification Content” turned on: It’s a transparent privacy feature, allowing the device to notify you of things that need your attention without revealing what it says or who wrote it.įor reference, here’s a normal set of lock screen notifications: Tap “Hide sensitive notification content” and you will no longer be able to see what’s playing on Pandora, what people are saying in instant messages and texts, who is sending you e-mail, and more. You can completely disable lock screen notifications by tapping “Don’t show notifications at all.” This lets you restore a bit of privacy from technology’s creep–no one can see your emails and text messages just by looking at your lock screen. By default, both Lollipop and Marshmallow will show all notification content on your lock screen. If you tap on “When device is locked,” however, you see three options. In addition, you don’t need to worry about Notification Access settings–an app will prompt you if it ever needs them. The Pulse Notification Light setting is self-explanatory: it will flash an LED light on your phone whenever you have a notification. The resulting page has four options under the “Notification” heading.