Long-pressing an icon to see notifications was solely attainable on Android gadgets
In Android 14, once you lengthy-press an icon, you will see app shortcuts, together with App information, Pause app, and Widgets
The US-based mostly tech big Google, within the newest Android 14 replace, has eliminated the flexibility to preview notifications by lengthy-urgent app icons on the house display. This function, which allowed customers to shortly test notifications with out unlocking their gadgets, is not out there.
Earlier, may test app notifications by lengthy-urgent the app icon on the house display or app drawer. If there have been a number of notifications, solely the primary one could be proven in full, together with a notification rely. Users had the choice to open or dismiss the notification by swiping.
‘This was useful if your notification tray was overflowing with alerts, while it went hand-in-hand with the notification dot, which continues to feel like an iOS trait more than an Android one,” according to a report by 9to5Google.
The report revealed that, in Android 14, when you long-press an icon, you’ll see app shortcuts, together with App information, Pause app, and Widgets. Notifications not seem on this menu. Instead, Google created a separate record on the high for these three shortcuts, giving them extra prominence.
Google confirmed this variation whereas working the Android 14 Beta Program in the summertime. As per the report, the tech big eliminated the lengthy-press notification function in Android 14 as a result of it needs to make issues simpler for customers.
Long-pressing an icon to see notifications was solely attainable on Android gadgets, which could have confused some individuals. By eradicating this function, the corporate needs to create a constant and person-pleasant expertise for everybody utilizing Android 14, the report mentioned.
Meanwhile, OnePlus not too long ago confirmed that its OnePlus 11 smartphone in India is getting the secure OxygenOS 14 replace, which is predicated on Android 14.
In an official announcement on the OnePlus discussion board, the corporate has initiated the deployment of the secure Android 14 replace for OnePlus 11 5G gadgets in India. Eligible smartphones will obtain the replace bearing the firmware model CPH2447_14.0.0.201 (EX01).
