How to make your Xiaomi phone turn on when you get a notification

Xiaomi is one of the manufacturers that has diversity of functions in its customization layer, MIUI, these usually reach a good number of brand devices, even the most ‘outdated’ and less recent on the market.

These smartphones have several options in terms of notifications. One of them is known because it consists of the possibility of turning on the cell phone screen every time a new notification arrives, so that you can find out about it in a more visual way.

Next, we tell you how to receive notifications in this personalized way.

Accounts with AMOLED screen

If the Xiaomi you have has a AMOLED display, activate the ‘notification effect’ option. In this way, the device screen is activated in a peculiar way, even with different types of animations. Follow the next steps:

• Open Settings.
• Go to the Always-on screen / Lock screen section.
• Click on “Notification effect”.
• Choose your preferred effect.

Although the options are limited and there is not much to choose from, the effects they offer are interesting and unobtrusive. The device will also have available the option to activate the ‘always-on’ screen, which maintains the screen on with black background to show the time and icons of the notifications you have received.

You do not have an AMOLED screen

If your Xiaomi device has an IPS screen, this means that the notification effect option will not appear, but you can make the screen turn on if the device receives any notification, which is practically the same, as if you had an AMOLED screen.

• Open Settings.
• Go to the Always-on screen / Lock screen section.
• Click on “Notification effect”.
• Choose your preferred effect.

These options can be an opportunity to find out in a more practical and easy way the notifications of your cell phone, especially if you usually work with the phone on the table. If it lights up, you will know that you will have to answer a call or request. (F)