Facebook Notification Dots May Soon Be History According To Reports - Company Is Testing Ways To Turn Them Off

Facebook has reddish notification dots that testify upward whenever new content is bachelor. However, they can be very annoying as you have to remove them ane by ane, otherwise y'all have a huge number of annoying tabs blinking at y'all from the bottom of the screen. Facebook iOS and Android seems to be testing some other option; the ability to switch off these annoying little Facebook notification dots altogether.

Facebook Notification Dots - A Blessing Or Annoying?

According to TechCrunch these dots were initially for the purpose of driving increased usage but at present they have realized that this wasn't a very smart way to go about it. Co-ordinate to reports, the feature is being tested globally and is supposed to give users more control of how they receive notifications. You can cull what notifications you desire to receive and what you don't. Y'all can turn them completely off too.

"People don't necessarily want to see a notification on the badge [the in-app dots on tabs] if they're already getting notifications in the jewel [the scarlet counter on the Facebook app icon on your phone's homescreen]" a Facebook spokesperson told TechCrunch.

The social media giant had plain been thinking of adding a snooze notifications option, but then decided to become well-nigh testing this on/off toggle method instead. Yous may be ane of the few users, who take received the Facebook notification dots setting. If non, then you may receive it if the company decides that this feature is beneficial. Get to your app > Menu tab > Settings & Privacy > Settings > Notifications > Notification Dots. If you have this feature, then yous can try it out.

Customize the notifications that y'all want to receive and remove the ones you don't desire to see. Try out this test characteristic and let us know what you think well-nigh it and whether this addition will be something you would dear or is information technology something that won't make any difference to you.