What kinds of notifications will I receive?
When a new device is added to your Google account, you’ll get a notification in your mobile device’s home screen telling you about it. Additionally, you’ll start getting notifications about suspicious account activity on the same screen. If you agree that the activity looks suspicious, you can review it by clicking on “Review Account Activity” directly from the notification. Here, you can see what device was added to your account and where it was added. The alerts will be sent out in real-time because there’s no time to waste if your Google accounts have been compromised. If you don’t recognize the device or location, you can protect your phone and accounts by changing your password. If the new addition is familiar to you, you can simply dismiss the notification.

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What’s the change?
Before, instead of getting an update directly on your phone, Google would send a message to your email account. Google decided to add the notifications directly to the phone’s main screen because the company thought that the email messages were being ignored. Google says with its updated alert type — called a native alert — users will be four times more likely to look at the device’s log-in information.

How do I start adding these updates to my phone?
You don’t have to do anything to start getting these alerts from Google. Whenever you sign into your Google account on an unfamiliar device in a strange location, you’ll get an onscreen notification. The system is particularly helpful in protecting your accounts when paired with Google’s two-factor authentications for your Android devices.

If you want to have complete security on your Android phone, make sure you’ve downloaded PSafe Total. PSafe’s Antivirus protection fixes security breaches automatically by scanning your phone files and SD card at all hours. For full phone security, keep your eye on your Google security updates and add PSafe protection.

What is Facebook Live?
Facebook Live allows you to broadcast a live stream to your friends on their newsfeeds. This has been an exciting Facebook upgrade for people who want to broadcast live events for their friends, whether it’s a concert or a solo guitar session. However, every time someone posts one of these live videos, it notifies the entirety of their friends list. Needless to say, this can get pretty annoying. Whether it’s a news broadcast or an annoying kid trying to make it onto American Idol, we all get these live notifications from people we just don’t care about.

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Why is Facebook Live Necessary?
While the endless notifications can be extremely obnoxious, Facebook Live is actually an exciting innovation. This is a great opportunity for businesses to utilize whenever they need to promote an event or broadcast to their customers, especially during FAQ sessions. Facebook Live allows these businesses to actively engage with the community they are targeting.

So, How Do I Get Rid of These Annoying Notifications?
Luckily, after a series of complaints, Facebook has realized the burden they have casted upon their customers. So, they made a pretty easy way to disable these notifications.

First, in your Facebook mobile app or on the website, find the “settings” page. This is generally found in a drop down box on the top right corner of your homepage. Next, click on the “Notifications” icon.

Then you can select the “On Facebook” option. You will see a variety of notifications that you are currently getting informed about. Among these notifications should be “Live Video.” Turn off the notifications for the live videos. If you click on the option “Suggestions Off,” you can still receive Facebook Live notifications from your friends and companies you follow, but you won’t get any more suggestions from Facebook.

All done!
Those insufferable notifications will no longer show up on your home page. Now you can navigate Facebook with a filtered and clean notifications tab. For more social media hacks, check out the Psafe Blog.