Notifications can turn into a blessing or a real nightmare. All the apps you install already ask you for permission to send you notifications, and the problem is that a lot of these apps use push notifications to “spam” you about their own services when you don’t log in. the application within a certain period of time.
We show you how to customize notification settings in iOS 15 to get the most out of it and only get alerts on what matters to you. This is the definitive guide to notifications in iOS 15 that you shouldn’t miss, say goodbye to hassle and take control of your iPhone.
Types of notifications in iOS 15
Basically in iOS 15 we have three types of notifications that will be shown to us on the screen depending on the permissions granted:
- On locked screen: These are the notifications that are displayed to us on the iPhone lock screen and will allow us to interact with them by tapping on them, once unlocked it will take us directly to the app and we will even see a preview of it. .
- In the action center: If you swipe the left area of the screen from top to bottom, the action center will open where you will have an orderly summary.
- In strips: These are notifications that appear as a pop-up at the top of the screen when we use the iPhone / iPad to notify us that we have received something.
At Settings> Notifications we will be able to enter each application and decide how we want its notifications to be displayed depending on the type of notification displayed on the screen. It will be for our pleasure and it is as easy as selecting one, two or all three options. This is important because you might not need the banking app to show tapes that interrupt you while you are working with the iPhone, but you do want this notification in the action center.
Customize the rest of the notification functions
By following the same path for the notification settings mentioned above, we can also make a series of adjustments which, application by application, can make our user experience more personalized and help us both to optimize the content displayed on the web. on screen and make the most of the time these notifications waste us, let’s talk about all the features that appear in this section and what each one is used for:
- Band Style: If we have activated the type of notification by means of bands, we will be able to set whether we want the band to be displayed only temporarily, or if we want it to remain permanently on the screen until we press above or rejections. For example, calls appear as permanent bands and a WhatsApp notification as temporary band, but you can decide as you like and win.
- Sounds: We can turn on or off having a sound play when we get a notification from that specific app, it’s like silencing it specifically.
- Globos: The famous iOS notification bubbles, which the vast majority of Android customization layers have inherited. This way, both in the SpringBoard and in the app drawer, a red dot with a number will be displayed that will inform us of how many pending notifications we have. In WhatsApp for example, this red balloon tells us how many messages we have unread, like in the Mail app.
In addition to these aforementioned parameters, we have a series of possibilities to control the notifications which, if we adjust them correctly, can save us a lot of time when consulting them.
- Important notifications: Not all apps offer us this option, but more and more are being added. If you turn on important notifications, they’ll still be displayed, even if we’ve turned on one of iOS’s anti-nuisance or focus modes. For this reason, we recommend that you only use this feature in applications that you clearly know are intended to provide you with important information.
- Group notifications: This function is ideal for messaging applications for example, and it will allow iOS to decide for itself how the notifications of the same application are displayed, giving us the possibility of grouping all the notifications into one which is scrollable and lo shows all a lot more content. I recommend that you use the notification grouping option for instant messaging apps.
Quick interaction with applications
As you well know, although many users have not yet fully internalized it, if you long press (press hard for users of devices with 3D Touch system like iPhone X) you can open a pop-up window that lets you interact with the app directly. Much will depend on the specific application in terms of what functions are allowed.
While in WhatsApp it allows us to quickly reply to the message by opening a text box, in the Mail app in addition to responding we can even send the received mail directly to the trash. The possibilities are almost endless, but as we said before, it will depend a lot on each of the specific applications.
Summary and overview of notifications
First of all, Apple launched with iOS 15 the possibility of define a summary of notifications, this function available in Settings> Notifications, allows us to choose what times we would like to receive our notification summaries. For example, if you don’t want to be constantly disturbed, you can set that during working hours you only receive notification summaries every hour. This does not affect, of course, phone calls or messages, which will enter you as usual.
It is also important for our privacy control the preview of applications, including banking, messages and e-mails. In the notifications section, we have three options:
- Always show notifications preview (will show textual content).
- If it is unlocked
- Never (the text “notification” will be displayed).
In the same vein, we can also adjust the what to do with notifications when sharing screen during a FaceTime or Zoom call for example, we can allow or block notifications while we have a call, by default they will not be displayed.
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