NOVEMBER 2019 PCWorld 99select the apps you find distracting, and turn
on Focus Mode. Make sure you add the
quick settings so you can quickly turn Focus
Mode on and off.
- SILENT AND ALERTING
NOTIFICATIONS
Google has struggled with how to make
notifications more configurable without
making the process
hopelessly
confusing. The
process is now
much simpler in
Android 10. You
can long-press on
any notification to
get options for
Alerting and Silent.
Just flip an app over
to silence it if it’s
bothering you too
much. You can tap
the gear in the notification long-press
menu to access more features like disabling
the pop-over alert and setting silent or
alerting for different notification channels
within an app.- USE THE NEW FILES APP
Google’s Files app in Android Pie was not
really worth using, but it beefed up the
experience considerably in Android 10.
You can access the app via Settings >
Storage > Files, and there’s also a Files
icon in the app list.
The new Google Files app shows the full
folder hierarchy on your internal storage with
multiple view options. There are also shortcuts
to find all images, audio, videos, and more.
You can even have more than one copy of the
Files app open at a time by using the New
Window command in the overflow menu.
8.7.