Managing Notifications
The Status Bar at the top of the home screen provides notification
icons on the left side. Below are some of the icons you may see.
Opening/Closing the Notification Panel
Notifications report the arrival of new messages, calendar
events, and alarms, as well as ongoing events. You can open the
Notification Panel to view the details of notifications.
• To open the Notification Panel, swipe your finger down from the
top of the screen.
• To close the Notification Panel, swipe your finger up from the
bottom of the screen or press the Back key.
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Responding to or Removing Notifications
In the Notification Panel, you can respond to a notification or
remove the notifications. The Notification Panel also supports
expandable notifications that let you perform additional actions
right from the notification itself.
• To respond to a notification, just tap it.
• Slide down with one or two fingers to expand certain
notifications. You can also pinch or spread two fingers on a
notification to collapse or expand certain notifications.
• To remove a notification, swipe it left or right.
• To remove all notifications, tap .
• To manage notifications you have received, press and hold a
notification to identify the application that created it. You can
then tap and select Block all to hide all future notifications
from this app, Treat as priority to show them in priority mode,
Allow peeking to emphasize notifications from this app, or
Hide sensitive content to hide app notifications when the tablet
is locked.
Note: If you turn off notifications for an app, you may miss its
important alerts and updates. The notifications of some apps
cannot be turned off.
Using Quick Settings
The Quick Settings in the Notification Panel make it convenient to
view or change the most common settings for your tablet.
Swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen, or open
the Notification Panel and drag the panel downward to view the
following Quick Settings:
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