Here are some very useful tips to learn how to manage the notifications that arrive on your iPhone.
In iOS, notifications have not always been well managed, although in the latest versions of the system everything has improved a lot. Overtime more and more applications are sending us notificationssomething that can be annoying if we haven’t configured everything well.
Fortunately, now on iOS we have available many options and settings. The problem is that the vast majority of users completely ignore them.
And that’s why we’ve put together this guide with 5 key tips for managing notifications on your iPhone it goes beyond entering settings and disabling notifications that we don’t care about. They can help you a lot in your day to day life.
We teach you how to properly manage your iPhone notifications
1. Change the way lock screen notifications appear
Since iOS 16, Apple has introduced a new lock screen and also allows us to three notification display options. Depending on what we prefer, we can select how notifications are displayed from Settings > Notifications > Show as. Here’s what each option does:
- Count: only a number will appear at the bottom with the notifications that we have pending, touching them all will appear.
- Band: With this option, notifications will be grouped by applications, appearing one after the other.
- Listing: This is the classic view, all notifications in chronological order.
You can change how notifications appear on the lock screen
2. You can reply to messages directly
A feature that can help you reply to messages very quickly without having to enter the application. you just have to press and hold a notification from a messaging app to bring up the keyboard so you can reply from iPhone lock screen.
For this to work, make sure that “Reply with a message” is activated in Settings > Face ID and password. Before answering, you must identify yourself with Face ID, so that no one can answer for you.
3. Receive a summary of your notifications
Few are aware of this option, which can be very interesting if you receive too many notifications per day, or if you do not want to receive notifications at certain times. Since Settings > Notifications > Scheduled Digest You can schedule a summary with notifications that have arrived at certain times.
It can be very subtle so notifications do not bother us and receive a summary during a break period or when we finish work. Properly configured, it’s a powerful productivity tool.
This summary of notifications will reach you at your preferred time
4. Touch and hold a notification to see more information
Often, notifications from applications contain more information than displayed initially. Only with long press notification you will be able to see more information, as long as this application has decided to include it. This can be interesting so as not to have to enter the app.
5. Turn off notifications for a while
This is also a very interesting trick, especially at times. If you swipe a notification to the left, you’ll see a button with options, which includes the option to turn off notifications from this app for an hour or a whole day. After the time is up, the notifications will reappear as usual.
You can turn off notifications from an app for a certain period of time
Thanks to these tricks, your handling of notifications on the iPhone will improve significantly. Especially it’s worth stopping for a few minutes via Settings > Notifications to leave everything well configured and to our liking.
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