A Very Quick Trick To Make Your Android Notifications More Useful

A Very Quick Trick To Make Your Android Notifications More Useful

As we know it, the Android system doesn't have a default (native) means of snoozing notifications,   but with a few seconds of simple tinkering, you can give extra life to your device's alerts. 

In today's article, i will be showing us two unique methods, in getting the most out of our Android Notifications. 

The first one is somewhat limited in function but actually a (hidden) part of Android itself,  and the other a more robust setup that requires a third-party app to work.

So Gentlemen and Ladies.... are we Ready? 

Lets dive straight into it without wasting any second.

No. 1 on my list here is ....

Notification booster option #1:A Limited But Very Simple And Useful Shortcut

Few folks know it, but Android's actually had a built-in way to view past notifications for a few years now. As long as you're using a device with Android 4.3 or higher (and if you aren't, for the love of Google, go get a new phone already), it should be hidden on your system and just waiting to be found.

All you need to do is follow the normal process for adding a widget to your home screen , usually by long-pressing on a blank area on your Home Screen, and then selecting the Widgets option.

Search through the list for the item called "Settings shortcut," and then drag and drop it to  an empty space in your device Home Screen

Once you do, you should see a menu of available options. Find the one labeled "Notification log,"and tap it. That'll give you a humble little icon on your home screen that looks a little something like this. 

Tap the icon, and you'll get a log of all the recent notifications that have come through on your device: 

But wait, "i said wait", if you'd be a little observant, you should notice that these notification content doesn't have any details attached to them. Like say "we only knew that we had a missed call, but from whom?" see what i was telling you.

And that brings us to our option No. 2 , which is more robust and functional, but itis a Third-party Application.

Notification booster option #2: The power-packed solution

The great John Lennon wisely said, "All you need is love." As it turns out, his words from all those decades ago apply perfectly to our present conundrum. You just have to swap out "love" for "an app called Notif Log that makes it easy to view the full contents of past notifications." (Close enough, right?) 

So what are you waiting for?  Head over to Google playstore on your device (Android Device), and type in Notif Log on that little cute looking Search Bar up there, and you should get this..

Install it. Open it. and  Rejoice (or re-juice, if thirsty). 
Notif Log does exactly what you'd want, It gives you an easy way to look back at all of your recent notifications in their entirety. 

Notif Log even lets you interact with certain old notifications via their action buttons. The app actually has its own internal snooze function for setting reminders about past notifications. To me, the ability to go back and look through past notifications is the real value to be gained here.

So let us keep hoping and dreaming that Android finally thinks and implements something like this, but in the meantime, I think this is the Best.

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