Preview notifications when screen sleeps

About Moto Display notifications

When your screen is off, battery-friendly notifications fade in and out, lighting only the pixels needed and showing notifications delivered since you last woke your screen. You can select which apps show notifications and limit content to control your privacy.

These notifications aren't displayed:

  • When the phone is in your pocket or purse
  • When the phone is lying face down
  • When you are on a call
  • When Do Not Disturb is on

Respond to Moto Display notifications

Check for notifications

If you haven’t seen activity for a while, to wake your phone, bump it.

View more and take action

For more details and notifications, drag an app icon up, or drag it to . Then:

  • To respond, drag the app icon to an action, like reply or archive .
  • To dismiss, drag the app icon to Dismiss.

Change Moto Display settings

  1. Open the Moto app.
  2. Touch Features > Moto Display > Peek Display.

  3. Do any of the following:

    • For more privacy when the screen is locked, touch Level of details to show.
    • To allow text or voice replies from the Moto Display screen without unlocking the phone, turn Quick Reply on .
    • To stop specific apps from showing these notifications, touch Block apps > and touch the app's name.

Stop Moto Display notifications

  1. Open the Moto app.
  2. Touch Features > Moto Display.
  3. Turn Peek Display off .

To restart the notifications, turn Peek Display on .