How to see notifications on the unlock screen of your Android even if it is not Lollipop

The rate of adoption of lollipop it is still scarce on Android, especially if we compare its data with that of the main rival in the mobile sector, iOS. On Tablets the proportion is even lower since few manufacturers (perhaps only Sony y Samsung in their most outstanding teams and of course the Nexus) assure us a rate of updates fairly similar to that of a high-end smartphone.

Taking this aspect into account, and knowing that users they do not renew their tablets so assiduously as they do with their phones, most of us find ourselves using devices with software that does not integrate the latest news. Still, if something good counteracts the fragmentation of Android, are its customization capabilities, which give us the possibility of having exceptional functions by downloading from the official store certain tools and configuring them to our liking.

One of the most interesting features of Lollipop, in my opinion, resides in the preview of the content of the notifications which happens to be displayed on the unlock screen. In this way, a space initially conceived as a transit space continues to gain potential use. If you don't have Lollipop and you want to enjoy this virtue of the system, we present you an application to achieve it.

We download Notific

We are only going to need to download Notified and carry out a couple of configurations. This app has a free version and a paid version (for only 80 cents), however, the first one is enough to view notifications on the unlock screen.

In addition to its good number of options, which we will now refer to in more detail, Notific stands out for an excellent interface adapted to the style material design of Google.

Allow access

Once we have the app installed, we must launch it and click on access to notifications to allow it to begin to perform its function. Then, a little further down, we must allow access to the lock screen.

Configure to our liking

The following is already personal. Each one will be managed among the possibilities of this application according to their preferences, although some of the points are only accessible with the paid version.

In mode Privacy We can select those apps whose notifications we do not want to see on the unlock screen; while in the configuration section we will have the possibility to set the terminal response every time a notification appears, change theme (the one that comes by default is based on A) or choose those sensors that we want to keep active for the operation of the app.

Be careful with the battery

Logically, every time the sensors come into play, we must pay attention to the best before date that we are going to generate. For example, Notific brings enabled by default an option to turn on the mobile screen (in the case that we use the app on a mobile phone) every time we take it out of our pocket. For this, the proximity sensor, something that normally works when we have conversations to turn off the display if we have the phone glued to our face.

When it comes to receiving notifications on the unlock screen, having the proximity sensor active makes no difference. Even so, as we say, it is up to each one to assess whether the and advantages surpass the drawbacks.