Unlock your screen if prompted. Place your fingertip gently anywhere on the Android home screen. Swipe your finger in a straight downward line to pull down the notification bar.

If you're getting too many notifications or none at all, there's usually a simple fix. Here are quick fixes for the most common notification issues.

The Pixel Launcher already lets users swipe down anywhere on their homescreen to pull down the top shade. In Android 12 DP2, Google extends a similar notification swipe gesture to the entire ...

As of Android 4.3 and up, there's an easy way to find out. By creating a shortcut to the notifications section of Settings, you can open up a list of every notification you've received.

There is a really annoying bug in Android that makes your Home and Recents buttons disappear and prevents the notification shade from working.