Notification Center

Notification Center

Developer(s)	Apple
Initial release	October 12, 2011 (2011-10-12) (with the introduction of iOS 5
Stable release	iOS 5.1.1 / May 7, 2012; 9 days ago (2012-05-07)
Development status	Active
Operating system	iOS 5 and later OS X 10.8 and later
License	Proprietary EULA

Notification Center is a feature in iOS in which the user can see alerts from applications on the device.^[1] It was developed by Apple Inc. and released with iOS 5 on October 12, 2011.

A desktop version of Notification Center will be included in OS X Mountain Lion, the upcoming major update of OS X, scheduled for a summer 2012 release.^[2]

Features

Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview 1, showing a prominent text bug, which was fixed in later builds.

Notification Center is a revamped notification system for iOS that was introduced in iOS 5. The notifications in Notification Center collate in a panel which can be dragged down from the menu bar. Tapping the notification takes the user to the application that the notification is from. There are two kinds of notifications: Banner-style messages that are displayed across the top of the screen, and the older blue popup Alerts. Notification Center also has two widgets, Weather and Stocks, that display weather information for the user's current location and information for any stocks that the user has selected in the Stocks application. Any apps that use Push Notifications use Notification Center on iOS 5 and later.^[3] Notifications can also be customized to be viewed on the lock screen. A user can respond to a notification on the lock screen by swiping the icon on the banner from left to right.

See also

• Apple Push Notification Service

References

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