See Peek Display notifications

About Peek 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 Peek Display notifications

Check for notifications

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

Peek at contents

Touch & hold an icon to preview the notification.

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 Peek Display settings

  1. Go to Settings > Display > Peek Display.

    Or, open the Moto app and tap menu icon > Display > Peek Display.

  2. If needed, turn Peek Display on toggle on switch.
  3. Tap Settings and do any of the following:

    • To change the style of the clock on the notifications screen, tap Clock, select the type, then tap for more options.
    • To see a black background for these notifications instead of an animated one that fades in and out, turn Animated background off toggle off switch.
    • To see these notifications by tapping on the screen or moving the phone, tap Wake display.
    • To prevent phone from vibrating when you tap a notification or drag it to an action (like Dismiss), turn Vibrate on touch off toggle off switch.
    • To allow replies without unlocking the phone, turn Safe reply off toggle off switch. To require unlocking to reply, keep it on toggle on switch.
    • To stop specific apps from showing these notifications, tap Block apps > and tap the app's name.

Stop Peek Display notifications

  1. Go to Settings > Display > Peek Display.

    Or, open the Moto app and tap menu icon > Display.

  2. Turn Peek Display off toggle off switch.

To restart the notifications, turn Peek Display on toggle on switch.