Quick Tip: How To Customize Mobile Notifications on Your Desktop

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

August 9, 2016

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Quick Tip: How To Customize Mobile Notifications on Your Desktop

 

With the release of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and enhancements to Cortana you can now receive notifications from your Windows 10 mobile device on your desktop in the Action Center.

This is a feature I really like because when I am in my home office working during the day I typically silence my phone. So there are times I will miss text messages, calls, etc until I check the phone every couple of hours. Of course, I silence the device because I get nearly the same notifications on it as I do on my desktop.

This new capability between Cortana and the updated Action Center in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update now pushes notifications from your mobile device running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

Now, there is still the issue of duplicated notifications between the devices but Microsoft has built in new settings in Cortana called Edit Sync Settings that gives you full control over what notifications are pushed from your mobile device to your desktop.

This feature is turned on by default if you use Cortana and have given permission on your mobile device to share notifications but it can be turned off or customized very easily.

These notifications can now be pushed from the Cortana app on Android devices with the latest app update but iOS users are still unable to do this on their devices with the Cortana app.

In this gallery we will walk you through those settings.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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