Everything to know about Android Notification Channels
Notifications have always been
important for Android. They have both advantages and disadvantages. To make the
user experience better, Android offers a feature which is known as Notification
Channels. This feature systematically organizes the notifications.
With the rapid development of Android
apps, notifications have also evolved. Due to the lack of smart ways,
notifications weren't manageable in the old days. But over time, managing apps
and notifications became easier.
You may wish to receive notification
for a particular service from an app. Many apps provide granular notification
management tools, but only some apps follow them. That is why the feature
called Notification Channels was introduced to allow users to control
notifications.
More about Android Notification
Channels
Notification Channels came with
Android 8.0 Oreo in 2017. The idea behind creating this system was to separate
notifications through different groups or categories. Now it has become an
excellent way to tackle tons of notifications coming from other apps.
You know that Notification Channels
have been designed to create standalone categories or groups for notification.
Once you create a notification category, you can then enable or disable the
notification category. For all these things, you will need to head in the
Android settings.
To understand this feature, we have
taken YouTube as an example. You can find some channels, including
Subscriptions, Livestreams, and Comments and replies under YouTube. If you want
to receive notifications from these channels, you can enable all of them. If
you only want to get notifications about content from your subscribed YouTube
channels, then turn on the Subscription tab and turn off the rest. To find all
these notification options, you will have to go to Android settings. And almost
all apps have the same method to find notification options.
If we talk about other advantages of
Notification Channels, it is about instant disabling notifications. That means
if you receive a notification for live streaming and then you think you don't
have to get notification from this section, you get options to turn off the
Livestreams channel at the same time.
How to disable Notification Channels
through Android Settings
We will take you through two
different ways to manage Notification Channels. Let's see the first method, and
then we will move on to the second one.
- Take your Android phone or tablet and then
open the Settings app.
- Under the Settings app, look for Apps &
Notifications or anything that allows you to access installed apps on
your device.
- Open the full list of apps by clicking on the
option called See All Apps.
- Choose the app on which you want to manage
Notification Channels and hit on it.
- Under the app, hit on the Notifications
option.
- As you hit on this option, a new page will
open, and you will see an option to turn on or off all notifications. Turn
the toggle button on next to the option.
- You will see a complete list of Notification
Channels related to the app. For example, if you are on YouTube
notification settings, you will have channels like Subscriptions,
Livestreams, Comments and replies, and so on.
- Now you have full control over the app's
notification channels; you are free to turn them on or off.
How to disable Notification Channels
from a Notification
- This is the second method for managing
channels.
- When you receive a notification, press on it
and hold until you see the settings icon.
- Choose Turn Off Notifications.
- Now a new menu will appear having the Notification
Channel related to the notification you just got. You have to turn off the
toggle button next to it.
- Finally, click the Done button.
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