There are several kinds of notifications:

Banner alert: This is a notification that appears in a small strip at the top of the screen. Some banner alerts appear as confirmation of an action— for example, that the battery is charging. Others notify you of an item you can act on—for example, an incoming email message. For these alerts, if you do not tap the alert after a few seconds, it becomes an icon in the upper-right portion of the screen. Tap the top of the screen or drag down over the icons to display the alerts as dashboard items.

Dashboard item: The dashboard provides an expanded view of all notifications you can act on. For example, you can tap an app update notification to open Software Manager.

If the dashboard item has a number next to it, the number indicates how many items are included in the notification—how many email messages you have, and so on.

Some dashboard items enable you to perform multiple actions. For example:

•On a calendar dashboard item, tap the calendar icon to open Calendar in Day view with the event displayed, or tap the event name to open the event details screen.

•If an item’s icon displays a number, tap the icon to open the associated app to the list view (such as an Email inbox), or tap the item itself to open that individual item (such as an email message).

To delete a dashboard item, swipe from left to right to throw it off the right side of the screen. If the notifications are stacked, swipe from the leftmost (“bottom”) notification to dismiss all the notifications, or swipe on a single notification to dismiss just that one and display the next one in the stack.

Pop-up notification: This is a larger notification that you can act on right away. Examples of pop-up notifications are calendar appointment notifications, incoming phone calls, and alarms.

NOTE By default, if a banner alert or pop-up notification arrives when the screen is off, the Center button blinks. You can turn this feature off (see Get notifications when the screen is locked).

App controls: If you are listening to songs in Music and leave the app, the music playback controls remain displayed at the top of the screen. This lets you continue to manage music playback without having to go back into the app.

Create and work with favorites

You can quickly view and reach your closest contacts by designating them as favorites. Creating a favorite from a contact lets you view and touch base with that contact in just a few taps.

You can create and manage favorites in Contacts (see Create a favorite) and in Phone & Video Calls (see Create a favorite in Phone & Video Calls).

You can view favorites in the following apps:

Phone & Video Calls: To see all your favorites, tap Favorites at the top of the screen. In your call history list, calls to and from favorites are noted by

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