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Calling all mobile app users!! Tell us about your notification settings.

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FrannyMumsnet · 28/04/2016 17:18

Hello you smartphone type Smile

We are interested in what notification settings you have for the apps on your phone.

You know... those messages that pop up from apps, when there’s something new for you to see.

1. Please tell us how you have things set up
Maybe you:
- leave all apps to send you all notifications
- turn them all off
- pick and choose which notifications you get

2. If you pick and choose, please tell us what types of notification you like to get, which you choose to turn off and why?
If you are an "all on" or "all off" type of person… Why is that?

3. How do you feel about notifications?

4. Are you on iPhone, Android or other type of smart phone.

Please leave your answers on this thread.

Thanks, you are all Stars

OP posts:
TrixieBernadette · 28/04/2016 18:12

iPhone with them firmly OFF. I go into my apps to see if there's anything new, I do not want my phone buzzing and lighting up when I'm teaching because of notifications. I have to have my phone on on vibrate due to ASD DS at school, so everything else is off.

flingingmelon · 28/04/2016 18:07

I don't use them unless they're really really useful, Easyjet letting me know if my plane is delayed for example.

BearGryllsHasaBigRope · 28/04/2016 18:05

iPhone user - all notifications off. Don't like them.

MatthewWrightResearch · 28/04/2016 18:04

Android user, notifications off except for FB.

WhatColourIsBest · 28/04/2016 18:02

With regard to how I feel about notifications, I like the idea of being able to choose to be notified if there is a new post on a thread after me or in a thread I've started. I wouldn't want it on every single thread I've even been on though. Not sure how possible that would be!

WhatColourIsBest · 28/04/2016 18:01

iPhone user with variable notifications.

I run off games, trip advisor, Spotify, generally anything that I am only interested in using when I have a specific reason and I don't want to be bothered with notifications in between.

Items such as eBay, Facebook, gumtree have banner notifications without sound (I have no interest in sound other than for text and gone calls), enabled to show on lock screen but not in notification centre because there's no point in clogging that up.

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