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Notification Category Options on Android

The notification category options will control what type of notifications an app can post to your Android phone. Due to the various Android versions and phone models you may see different options. Some will display a hand full of options while others may show like the example below with quite a few options including some duplicates. This applies to any Garmin app installed on your phone.

In the new versions of Android OS there is an option to disable the notification category selection for all apps. To toggle this option on and off follow these steps.

  1. Open the Settings app on your Phone.

  2. Select Notifications.

  3. Select Advanced settings.

  4. Toggle Manage notification categories for each app.


Example of Advanced Settings Menu

Example of the advanced settings for notifications on Android

Once this is toggled on you can find the Notification categories option under each application.

  1. Open the Settings app on your phone.

  2. Select Apps (May be App Manager, All Apps, or Applications).

  3. Select the desired app (Example: Connect).

  4. Select Notifications.

  5. Select Notification Categories.


Example of Notification Categories Options

Example of the Notification categories option in the notification settings of an individual app in Android

List of Notification Categories in Android Setting application


Once in the notification categories some models will have the option to control the vibration or sound on individual categories.

  1. Open the Settings app on your Phone.

  2. Select Apps (May be App Manager, All Apps, or Applications).

  3. Select the desired app (Example: Connect).

  4. Select Notifications.

  5. Select Notification Categories.

  6. Select desired category (Example: Activities).

  7. Toggle/change desired notification type (Example: Vibrate).


Example of Notifications Category Individual Settings

Activities highlighted in red box in the notification categories menu

Vibrate highlighted with red box in individual notification category menu