When your screen sleeps, battery-friendly Moto Display 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.
Moto Display does not show notifications:
- At night, during hours you specify
- When the phone is in your pocket or purse
- When the phone is lying face down
- When you are on a call
TipIf you don't see Moto Display notifications, make sure it is turned on (
Moto >
> Display> Wake screen when notifications arrive.)
Respond to Moto Display notifications
From the lock screen, you can:
- Preview notifications.Touch & hold an icon, then slide your finger to the next to preview other notifications or a summary list.
Go directly to a notification. Drag your finger up to the target (then unlock if using a screen lock).

- View Moto Display notifications. If your phone has been sitting still for a few seconds, just nudge it.
View all notifications. Drag your finger down (then unlock if using a screen lock).

Ignore for now. Drag your finger to the right or left edge of the screen to stop notifications from flashing until the next one is delivered.

TipYou can trigger Moto Display by
reaching for your phone. In your Moto Actions settings, you can control whether or not your phone responds to this gesture.
Change Moto Display settings
- Open the Moto app.
- Touch Display.
- Touch
> Display. Do any of the following:
- To choose which apps show notifications, touch Select apps.
- For more privacy when the screen is locked, touch Hide notification details.
Stop Moto Display notifications
- Open the Moto app.
- Touch Display.
- To turn off Moto Display, uncheck the box.