Notifications on your iPhone can be either useful or overwhelming, depending on how you use them. It’s essential to set up notifications that matter and control how they appear on your phone. Notifications appear when an app wants your attention. For instance, when someone sends you a text, and your phone vibrates, a badge shows up on your screen.
To set up notifications, open your Setting app and navigate to Notifications. Here, you can control the settings for every app that can send you notifications. Suppose you want to customize text message notifications. In that case, you need to scroll down and tap on the Messages option. The first bar lets you decide if you want to receive any notifications at all. If you don’t want to receive notifications from an app, tap the white circle, so the green goes away.
To receive notifications from the Messages app, make sure the button on the right is green. The “Show In Notification Center” option lets you see notifications in the notification center by swiping downward from any screen. If you want to see notifications on the notification center, make sure the button is green.
You can also customize the sound of a notification. Choose a sound you like by previewing each one until you find one you like. Tap “Messages” in the top left corner to return to the notifications menu after choosing your preferred sound.
The badge notification shows a small red number on your app icon on your home screen. This number indicates how many notifications from an app are waiting for you. Turn on this option to know how many unread text messages you have waiting for you. “Show on Lock Screen” notifies you when you have missed a text message without unlocking your phone.
Finally, you can choose your notification style for when your phone is unlocked. The “None” option prevents notifications from showing up on your screen when you are using your phone. The “Banner” option appears at the top of your screen and then disappears after a few seconds. The “Alerts” option puts a banner at the top of your screen that won’t go away until you take action. Select the middle option, “Banner,” to customize your notification style when your phone is unlocked.
In conclusion, setting up notifications on your iPhone makes it easier to control how your notifications appear on your phone. You can customize notifications for every app on your phone by following the same steps. Just go to Settings, then Notifications, select the app you want to set up notifications for, and customize the settings.