Control notifications on your Googlebook

Based on what notifications you want, you can change settings for certain apps or for your Googlebook. These notifications can display on your lock screen and Home screen.

By default, notification sounds and lock screen notifications are turned off on your Googlebook.

To show notifications, you can:

• At the top right, select Notifications.
• From the top left, scroll down.
• On your keyboard, press Action + n.

Use notifications on your Googlebook

Clear notifications

• To dismiss one notification:
  1. Hover over the notification.
  2. At the top right of the notification, select Clear .
• To clear all notifications:
  1. Scroll to the bottom of your notifications.
  2. Select Clear all.
• To clear all silent notifications: Next to "Silent," select Clear .

Tips:

• Some notifications only clear when the task is done. For example, you can clear a music player notification after you stop the music.
• If you can’t dismiss a notification on your lock screen or through the "Clear all" option, individually dismiss it.

Snooze notifications

Turn on snoozing

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications.
3. Turn Allow notification snoozing on or off.

Snooze a notification

1. To snooze a notification, select Expand at the bottom right of the notification.
2. Select Snooze .

Tip: To pick a length of time to snooze it, select the Expand .

Expand, reply, or archive

To expand a notification:

1. Select Expand .
2. To act directly from a notification, select an action, like Reply or Archive.

Show your recent & snoozed notifications

If you clear or snooze your notification, to find them again, you can go to your "Notification history."

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications Notification history.
3. Turn Use notification history on or off.

Turn Notification cooldown on or off

To help you manage a sudden inflow of notifications, like when you turn off Airplane mode after a flight, use "Notification cooldown."

When turned on:

• Your Googlebook minimizes sound interruptions and pop-ups on the screen when you get too many notifications within a short time span.
• Exceptions include calls, alarms, priority conversations, and emergency alerts.

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications.
3. Under “General,” select Notification cooldown.
4. Turn Use Notification cooldown on or off.

Choose how you're notified on your Googlebook

Reduce number of notifications

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications Notifications on lock screen.
   • Choose your notification defaults:
     • Show viewed notification icons
     • Show silent notifications
     • Show sensitive content
   • To update more notification preferences, under "General," turn Notifications on or off:
     • Hide silent notifications in status bar
     • Allow notification snoozing
     • Notification dot on app icon
     • Enhanced notifications

Tip: To find the notification options under the “General” section, return to the “Notifications” screen.

Turn notifications on or off for certain apps

Option 1: In your Settings app

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications App notifications.
3. Under "Most recent," find apps that recently sent you notifications.
   • To find more apps, in the dropdown menu, select All apps.
4. Find the app that you want to turn on or off notifications for.
5. Turn the app's notifications on or off.

Option 2: In the certain app

You can control many app notifications from a settings menu in the app. For example, an app could have a setting to choose the sound that app's notifications make. To make these changes, open the app and search for the settings menu.

Turn notification dots on or off

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications.
3. Turn Notification dot on app icon on or off.

Choose your preferred notification type

You can choose what kind of notifications an app sends you:

• Alerting: You'll hear a sound, get a message on your lock screen, and find an app's icon in the status bar. These notifications also show up as pop-ups on your screen.
• Silent: You won't hear a sound, but the notification shows up when you scroll down from the top of your screen. These notifications are added directly to the notification tray without a pop-up.

Option 1: In your Settings app

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications App notifications.
3. Under "Most recent," find apps that recently sent you notifications.
   • To find more apps, in the dropdown menu, select All apps.
4. Select the app.
5. Select a type of notification.
6. Choose your options.
   • Different apps have certain types of notifications you can turn on or off.

Option 2: On a notification

1. From the top, scroll down.
2. Touch and hold the notification (if using a touch screen) or right-click the notification (if using a trackpad or mouse).
3. Turn on Default or Silent.
4. Select Apply.

Control how notifications appear on your Googlebook’s lock screen

Important:

• If you pick this option as your default, the setting applies to all apps.
• By default, all notifications on your lock screen are off.

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications Notifications on lock screen.
3. Select an option:
   • Compact: Only the notification icon shows and more of your wallpaper is visible.
     • Select on the icon to show the full notification.
   • Full list: You can show the full list of notifications.

Show sensitive content on your Googlebook’s lock screen

1. Open your Googlebook Settings app .
2. Select Notifications.
3. Under “Privacy,” select Notifications on lock screen.
4. Turn Show sensitive content on or off.

Tip: If you turn off this option, you can still restrict certain apps to "Don't show notifications" on your lock screen.

Related resources

• How to sync phone notifications with your Googlebook
• Sync Do Not Disturb mode
• Change settings quickly on your Googlebook