27KNOWING THE BASICS
Opening/Closing the Notication Panel
Notications report the arrival of new messages, calendar events, 
and alarms, as well as ongoing events, such as when music is 
playing. You can open the Notication Panel to view the details  
of notications.
•   To open the Notication Panel, swipe your nger down on the 
home screen or from the top of the screen.
•   To close the Notication Panel, swipe your nger up on the 
screen or press the Back key.
Responding to or Removing a Notication
In the Notication Panel, you can respond to or remove 
notications. The Notication Panel also supports expandable 
notications that let you perform additional actions right from 
the notication itself.
•   To respond to a notication, tap it.
•   Swipe down with one nger to expand certain notications. 
You also swipe two ngers vertically or pinch-zoom to expand 
or collapse certain notications.
•   To remove a notication, swipe it le or right.
•   To remove all notications, tap CLEAR ALL at the end of the 
list of notications.
•   To manage notications you have received, press and hold a 
notication. You can then tap Show notications silently
DONE to show notications silently, or tap MORE SETTINGS to 
congure other notication options for this app.