How to sync phone notifications with your Googlebook

You can find and manage your Android phone notifications directly on your Googlebook. You can stay productive without the need to pick up your phone and send replies quickly.

Before you begin

To sync phone notifications with your Googlebook, make sure you have:

• A Googlebook
• A compatible Android phone that runs Android 17 or higher
• Turned on Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and notifications on both devices
• Connected both devices to the same Wi-Fi network
• Signed in both devices to the same Google Account
• Updated the Google apps of both devices to their latest versions
• Turned on cross-device services and Notification Sync on both devices

Set up notification sync

Important: To use all of the cross-devices features, allow the notification, photos, and media permissions.

1. Open your Googlebook's Settings app .
2. Select Connected devices Connection preferences Cross-device services.
3. Select Continue activity.
4. To sync notifications across your Googlebook, turn on Notifications.
   • This is turned off by default.
5. When you find the "Allow cross-device services to share information from your phone to your devices?" set up page, select Allow.

Tips:

• Synced notifications from your phone won’t show on your Googlebook if the same notification is sent directly to your Googlebook device.
• When available, you can find AI-powered summaries applied to synced notifications.

Manage synced notifications

Important: There are some notifications that don’t sync between devices:

• Media controls notifications
• Low priority or silent notifications
• System notifications, like Settings or the Play Store
• Notifications suppressed by Do Not Disturb (DND) or other modes on your phone

If you receive a notification on your phone from an app, you can find and open it on your Googlebook. A notification from your phone will have an icon next to it.

Open a synced notification

1. Select the notification you received.
   • If available, select Open.
2. If the app is:
   • Installed on your Googlebook: The app will open.
   • Isn’t installed on your Googlebook: The app will be cast from your phone through Cast My Apps.

Tips:

• If your phone isn’t nearby or disconnects, on your Googlebook, you find a "Continue on your phone" message.
• When you close a notification on your Googlebook, it also closes on your phone and vice-versa.
• When you clear notifications on your Googlebook, synced notifications also clear from your phone.
• To open notifications from apps not installed on your Googlebook, under “Cross-device services,” turn on Cast My Apps.

Reply to notifications from messaging apps

If you receive a message on your phone, you can find and respond to it on your Googlebook.

1. When you receive a message, select Reply.
2. Enter your message.
3. Select Send.

Tip: To mark the notification as read on both your Googlebook and your Android phone, select Mark as read.