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 and 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 
- To respond, drag the app icon to an action, such as reply
- To dismiss, drag the app icon to Dismiss.
Change Peek display settings
Go to Settings > Display > Peek display.
Or, open the Moto app and tap
- If needed, turn Peek display on
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
- To see a black background for these notifications instead of an animated one that fades in and out, turn Animated background off
- To see these notifications by tapping on the screen or moving the phone, tap Wake the display.
- To prevent your phone from vibrating when you tap a notification or drag it to an action (like Dismiss), turn Vibrate on touch off
- To allow replies without unlocking the phone, turn Safe reply off
- To stop specific apps from showing these notifications, tap Block apps >
- To change the style of the clock on the notifications screen, tap Clock, select the type, then tap