The notification bell on the desktop Google navigation bar volition disappear on March 7th. You tin sack switch to browser notifications for Google Photos, Hangouts Chat, as well as Google+ for G Suite. You volition consider a message amongst a Learn More link when you lot click the notification bell starting today.
The notification bell on the Google navigation bar kickoff appeared inwards 2011, allowing you lot to access your Google+ notifications anywhere you lot are signed inwards to Google. As Google+ was integrated amongst other Google products, you lot could instruct your notifications for Google+ comments on Blogger as well as YouTube as well as for activeness on your Photos. Peak Google+ integration was inwards 2013.
In 2015, equally Google+ separate away from other Google products, the notification bell was updated as well as thus that Google+, Google Photos as well as YouTube notifications could live managed separately.
And inwards 2017, presently later on the shutdown of Classic Google+, the notifications nether the bell got a redesign, as well as Mr. Jingles - the Google+ notifications mascot - was removed. Mr. Jingles currently lives on the Google+ desktop notifications page, hopefully until consumer Google+ shuts downwardly Apr 2nd.
Be certain to read to the terminate of this post service for a walk downwardly retentivity lane.
My promise was that it would eventually popular off a rattling universal Google notifications bell, as well as include notifications from Google Drive as well as other products that currently alone accept in-product notifications. But that was non to be.
For a quick overview of how to enable browser notifications for Google+, Google Photos as well as YouTube, watch my video tutorial. Otherwise read on!
Get to a greater extent than information close the Google navigation bar inwards the Google Accounts Help Center
Enable desktop notifications for Google+, Google Photos, as well as Hangouts Chat
If you lot desire to maintain to instruct notifications on desktop, you lot tin sack enable those for each product.Google Photos
Note: Most notifications tin sack likewise live seen on the Google Photos Assistant page (photos.google.com/assistant) or the Google Photos Sharing page (photos.google.com/sharing)
2. Click the three trouble Menu icon at run past times left as well as choose Settings
3. Turn on Browser notifications.
Google+ (for G Suite later on Apr 2, 2019)
Note: you lot tin sack yet access your notifications inwards the Google+ Notifications Center (plus.google.com/notifications).
Note: you lot tin sack yet access your notifications inwards the Google+ Notifications Center (plus.google.com/notifications).
1. On your desktop computer, opened upwardly Google+ (plus.google.com)
2. Click the three trouble Menu icon at run past times left, as well as choose Settings
3. Enable "Get Google+ force notifications on your spider web browser"
4. Select which notifications you lot would similar to receive
Note: equally of the end calendar week of March 2019, inwards Google+ novel notification count is shown on the left menu. Clicking Notifications opens plus.google.com/notifications
Note: equally of the end calendar week of March 2019, inwards Google+ novel notification count is shown on the left menu. Clicking Notifications opens plus.google.com/notifications
Hangouts Chat
- On your computer, opened upwardly Google Hangouts Chat.
- Click Settings Gear as well as select Notifications.
- Select the notifications you'd similar to receive
More information as well as tutorials for the Google+ Shutdown
- Frequently asked questions close the Google+ shutdown (Google+ Help Center)
- Removing the end Google+ features from YouTube
- Blogger minus Google+
- Shutdown of the Google+ API: information for developers as well as webmasters
- Create a backup of your Google+ Page
- Turn your Google+ followers into YouTube subscribers
Timeline of Notifications inwards the Google navigation bar
November 2011 New Google Bar introduced amongst Google+ notification bellApril 2013 Optional Google+ Comments launch for Blogger blogs.
June 2013 "Mr. Jingles" the personification of the Google+ notification bell, gets his ain Google+ Page (plus.google.com/+MrJingles) (first post, second post). Google+ notifications instantly sync across devices as well as the notifications tray separates read from unread notifications. (Announcement)
September 2013 YouTube switches to Google+ Comments
2014 No pregnant updates to the notifications bell
May 2015 Google Photos splits away from Google+
June 2015 A redesigned notification bell includes configurable notifications for Google+, Google Photos, as well as (for about users) YouTube. Mr. Jingles is yet in that place to nation "All caught up!"
May 2016 Google Spaces launches, notifications are available nether the bell. Spaces closed downwardly Apr 2017.
September 2016 Google+ Notifications Center launches on the spider web as well as thus you lot tin sack read your Google+ notifications without having to click the bell.
December 2016 YouTube notifications are removed from the bell on the Google navigation bar. YouTube notifications are alone available nether the notification bell on www.youtube.com
January 2017 Classic Google+ desktop interface is retired.
February 2017 Google introduces a newly designed notification bell amongst Google+ as well as Google Photos notifications. Mr. Jingles is relegated to the Google+ notifications page.
March 2017 Hangouts Chat launches for G Suite. Hangouts Chat notifications are likewise nether the notifications bell.
March 2019 The "notification widget" is removed from the Google Navigation bar.
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