Where to find silent mode in Android Lollipop | Gigaom

Where to find silent mode in Android Lollipop | Gigaom

Get started You're subscribed! If you like, you can update your settings Gigaom Research Basic subscription Individual subscription Advisory subscription Corporate subscription Company-wide access to Gigaom Research, analyst briefings or inquiries, Gigaom Event tickets & much more. If you're lucky enough to have Android 5.0 Lollipop on your phone or tablet , you might be wondering where to find silent mode, which turns off notification sounds and vibrations but keeps critical alerts, like alarms, on and active. It's still there, but it's under a different name. In the latest version of Android, Google has made a few sound control choices that are ultimately more elegant, but might cause confusion to longtime Android users. There's evidence that Google regards the new way that sounds are handled in Android Lollipop as a feature, not a bug where Google simply forgot to include a silent mode. Basically, you've now got three options for quieting your phone: None, Priority and All.

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