Notifications

Manage

App Settings

From this setting you can control notifications for individual apps on your Pixel. To turn notifications on or off, tap on the switches next to each application you want to receive or deny notifications from. To find specific apps, click on the drop down menu above the applications at the top of this screen. The drop down menu will typically show Most Recent apps first but you can find apps with the following options:

• Most Recent

  • These will be the apps that you most recently used.

• Most Frequent

  • These will be the apps that you use the most.

• All Apps

  • This will show a list of all of the apps that you have on your phone.

• Turned Off

  • This will show a list of all of the apps that you have notifications turned off for.

If you want to find system apps, click on the More Icon (the three dots) in the top right hand corner of the screen and tap on Show System to show system apps on your app notification list.

Note: Most system apps cannot be uninstalled but you can turn off notifications and/or block access.

You can also tap on the Search Icon to the left of the more icon (looks like a piece of paper with a magnifying glass) to search for a specific app.

Notification History

Notification history will show you all of the notifications that you’ve received in order and may be useful if you accidentally deleted, snoozed, or ignored a notification and want to get a quick look at what it was.

To turn on notification history, turn the switch on where it says Use Notification History.

Conversation

Conversations

Conversations is a feature that designates a section of your notifications specifically to messaging applications such as Messages, Facebook Messenger, Whats App, etc. Once you make a conversation from any of these apps a priority, they will all appear in this section of your phone. Conversations from messaging apps will show up at the top of your notifications list when you swipe down from the top of your Google Pixel screen. To change the settings of a conversation and/or to make it a priority, tap and hold a conversation from your notifications in the swipe down menu.

Bubbles

With Bubbles, some conversations will show up on your screen as a floating icon on top of other apps. This will give you quick access to messages without having to navigate away from the app that you’re currently using.

Privacy

Device & App Notifications

In this setting you can choose which device apps you want to allow or deny notifications for and you can also adjust what type of notifications.

Under Device & App Notifications you will see two sections: The Allowed App section and the Not Allowed App section.

• To allow or deny app access to notifications, tap on the app in this section then turn on the switch next to Allow Notification Access.
• Then beneath Allow Notification Access, you will see four options:

  • Real-Time

    • This allows access to Real-Time notifications or ongoing communication from apps that are in use, navigation, phone calls, and more.

  • Conversations

    • This will allow notifications for conversations such as SMS, text messages, and other conversation notifications in this category.

  • Notifications

    • This will allow the sound or vibration of a notification so for example, you could still visually see the notifications but if this is off you won’t hear a sound or feel your phone vibrate.

  • Silent

    • This will allow the app to access notifications that don’t make sounds or vibrate. These are generally not urgent notifications.

  • See All Apps

    • This will bring you to a page of all your apps that you would like to allow or deny access to notifications for. For system apps tap on the More Icon (the three dots) in the top right hand corner and select Show System.

Notifications On Lock Screen

This setting adjusts how notification bubbles will appear on your screen when your phone is locked. You will have three options:

• Show Conversations, Default, and Silent

  • This will show all types notifications on your lock screen. This is the default setting.

• Hide Silent Conversations and Notifications

  • This will hide notifications that don’t have sound or vibration alerts.

• Don’t Show Any Notifications

  • Exactly how it sounds, none of your notifications will appear on your locked phone screen.

Sensitive Notifications

Sensitive Notifications are notifications that appear on your lock screen that show the contents of the notification. For example, when this is on and you get a text message, you will see the name of the person and the contents of the text message on your lock screen. When this is off you will only see that you got a notification from the messaging app.

Note: This is on by default and is recommended that you keep it off for privacy reasons. Otherwise, anyone can pick up your locked phone and see who and what apps you’re getting notifications from.

General

Do Not Disturb

See Settings for Do Not Disturb in this link.

Wireless Emergency Alerts

Wireless Emergency Alerts are notifications you get when there’s an Emergency situation at or near your location like an earthquake, tornado, flood, child abduction etc. It is recommended that you keep these on as one of these notifications may give you the heads up you need to save your life. You do have the option to toggle these alerts on and off based on these categories:

• Extreme Threats

  • These alerts will alert of of extreme threats to life or property like natural disasters. Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, meteors etc.

• Severe Threats

  • These are alerts similar to extreme threats but of a much greater magnitude.

• Amber Alerts

  • These alerts will come through if a child has been abducted close to your location.

• Public Safety Messages

  • These are recommended actions that can save lives or property.

• State and Local Tests

  • These are not too important but they’ll let you know that your emergency alerts are working if something were to happen.

• Emergency Alert History

  • This will show a list of alerts and dates of alerts.

• Alert Preferences

  • Vibration

    • Turn this on if you want your phone to vibrate when you get an emergency alert.

  • Alert Reminder

    • You can be reminded of an emergency alert:
      • Once
      • Every Two Minutes
      • Every 15 Minutes
      • Never

Hide Silent Notifications in Status Bar

At the top left hand corner of the screen next to the time is your status bar where you will see app icons when you receive notifications. If you don’t want those icons to pop up when you get notifications you can turn this on to hide them.

Allow Notification Snoozing

When this is on you can snooze a notification so it alerts you again later.

• To snooze a notification swipe down from the top of your Pixel screen to show your notification panel.
• Then towards the bottom right of the notification from this screen you will see the Snooze Icon (it’s a Z icon in the middle of a clock).
• Tap on the Snooze Icon, it will snooze for one hour before you’re notified again as a default setting but if you tap on Snooze For 1 Hour, you can choose to snooze the notification for 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, or 2 hours.
• Tap on Undo if you want to undo the snooze.

Notification Dot on App Icon

When you get a notification, you will see a green dot in the top right corner of the app icon on your home screen. If you don’t want the green dots to show up, simply turn this setting off.

Enhanced Notifications

With enhanced notifications on you won’t notice a difference right away but your Pixels AI (Artificial Intelligence) will learn how you interacts with notifications and adapt and prioritize notifications based on how you use your phone. This could turn into a highly convenient feature as you use your phone more.

Note: Enhanced Notifications is on by default and although this may be a convenient feature, when you turn it off and turn it back on there is a warning notification that pops up that says that “Enhanced notifications can access notification content including personal information like contact names and messages.” Just be aware that enhanced notifications could be a privacy concern.