How to Control Alerts and Notifications on Your Apple Watch

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• How to Control Alerts and Notifications on Your Apple Watch
• How to Stream the Most Acclaimed Movies of 2020
• What Are “Best Friends” on Nintendo Switch?

How to Control Alerts and Notifications on Your Apple Watch Posted: 27 Dec 2020 07:54 AM PST Sergei Stemprok/Shutterstock.com The Apple Watch brings notifications to your wrist. Finally, you can get important notifications without looking at your phone—and you'll get unimportant notifications, too. Here's how to control your watch's alerts. While you can configure some of these settings on your Apple Watch, it's kind of awkward. It's best to use the Watch app on your iPhone. That's what we'll demonstrate in this guide. Only Install the Apps You Want Everything starts with the apps you have installed. If your watch has started to get cluttered or you're getting notifications from apps you haven't opened in months, you should get rid of them and cut out the root of the problem. To uninstall an app from your watch without uninstalling it from your iPhone, open the "Watch" app and scroll down until you see a list of apps "Installed on Apple Watch." Select the app you want to remove and uncheck "Show on Apple Watch." And just like that, it'll be gone. If you want to uninstall an app from both your iPhone and your watch, you just have to delete it on your phone. Turn Off Notification Mirroring for Unimportant Things There are some notifications that you might not mind getting on your iPhone, but you absolutely don't need to see them immediately on your wrist. Even if you don't have the app installed on your Watch, the notifications may still be mirrored. In the Watch app, go to "Notifications" and scroll down to "Mirror iPhone Alerts From." Here, you'll see a list of all the apps you have installed on your iPhone. Toggle off any you don't want sending notifications to your watch. Sadly, the notification controls on an Apple Watch aren't quite as granular as you might like  It's not currently possible to have it so certain apps only enable one kind of notification through but not others, at least not if the app itself doesn't offer those controls. The notifications that appear on your iPhone will appear on your watch. Customize How Each Notification Appears For the notifications you do want to get on your wrist, you can customize how and where they appear. In the Watch app, go to "Notifications." Just beneath "Notification Privacy," you'll see a list of all the apps you can configure. Apple's built-in apps have a few more options. But, for most things you have a choice to "Mirror My iPhone" and have notifications appear as they do on your iPhone, or to go "Custom." If you select "Custom," you have the option to "Allow Notifications," "Send to Notification Center," or turn "Notifications Off". "Allow Notifications" means your watch will show the notification the next time you glance at it. You can toggle "Sound" on or off. "Send to Notification Center" means notifications will be visible in the notification center, but otherwise won't appear on your wrist. Again, you can toggle "Sound" on or off. Finally, "Notifications Off" just turns off all notifications for that app. Set the Alert Volume and Haptic Strength If you've followed along, you should now only receive notifications from the apps you want to get them from. The next step is to set how loudly your watch beeps (but only when you want it to!) and how hard it vibrates. In the Watch app, go to "Sounds & Haptics." Use the "Alert Volume" slider to set the loudness of the alerts. Under "Haptics," you can select how firmly your watch vibrates with each notification. I'd recommend "Prominent." Use the Different Modes as Needed While setting up some good defaults will cover you in most situations, you should also get familiar with all the different modes available. In particular: To turn either mode on, swipe up on your watch and tap the bell icon for "Silent" and the moon icon for "Do Not Disturb." Between the two, you can guarantee your watch only notifies you when you want. RELATED: What Do All the Modes Do on My Apple Watch? See details

How to Stream the Most Acclaimed Movies of 2020 Posted: 26 Dec 2020 02:50 PM PST Said Marroun Like everything in 2020, new movie releases were severely disrupted by the pandemic. But just because many movie theaters were closed doesn't mean there weren't great movies released throughout the year in a variety of formats. With the end of 2020, almost all of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year are available to watch at home. Here's how you can stream the best-reviewed movies of 2020, according to review aggregation site Metacritic. Lovers Rock Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) released five feature films in 2020 under the Small Axe banner, all focused on a West Indian immigrant community in London from the 1960s through the 1980s. All five received near-universal acclaim, although Lovers Rock has emerged as the clear favorite, with its low-key, music-infused romance about a couple (played by Amarah-Jae St. Aubyn and Micheal Ward) who meet at a house party and spend a momentous evening together. Lovers Rock is streaming on Amazon Prime ($119 per year after a 30-day free trial). Collective This supreme bummer of a documentary chronicles the corruption and neglect endemic in the Romanian healthcare system and the government agencies that oversee it. A scandal arising from deaths in a horrific nightclub fire grows to encompass multiple aspects of hospital management and governmental oversight, and the film takes a you-are-there approach to observing this nightmarish situation unfold step by step. Collective is available for digital rental ($6.99+) at Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, and other outlets. American Utopia More than 30 years after the release of Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense, which is widely considered to be the greatest concert movie of all time, former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne returns with another acclaimed concert movie. Director Spike Lee documented Byrne's most recent Broadway show, combining music from throughout Byrne's career with Byrne's observations about life. It's all presented on a shifting, enveloping stage that Lee captures with his roving cameras. American Utopia is streaming on HBO Max ($14.99 per month). Time Director Garrett Bradley follows activist Fox Rich in this documentary detailing Rich's tireless efforts on behalf of her husband, who's serving a 60-year prison sentence for robbery. Drawing on footage that Rich created over the course of many years, the movie is a combination of personal storytelling and advocacy filmmaking, focusing on one family's struggle to be reunited while also demonstrating the deep injustices in America's prison system as a whole. Time is streaming on Amazon Prime ($119 per year after a 30-day free trial). Hamilton The biggest Broadway sensation of the past two decades reached a whole new audience thanks to this film, which captures performances by the musical's original cast, including playwright/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda. Original stage director Thomas Kail filmed three shows at Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2016, augmented by additional footage filmed without a live audience. The dynamic musical about early American politician Alexander Hamilton reimagines American history through the lens of hip-hop, with actors of color filling every major role. Hamilton is streaming on Disney+ ($6.99 per month or $69.99 per year after a seven-day free trial). Mangrove The second of Steve McQueen's Small Axe films to make the list, Mangrove is probably the collection's most conventional historical drama, telling the true-life story of nine Black activists who were arrested at a protest outside the Mangrove restaurant and put on trial in 1971 for inciting a riot. The first half of the movie immerses the viewer in the vibrant culture surrounding the Mangrove, while the second half is a rousing courtroom drama that highlights the deep (and ongoing) racial inequities in the British justice system. Mangrove is streaming on Amazon Prime ($119 per year after a 30-day free trial). First Cow Kelly Reichardt's drama of the American frontier follows two unlikely friends (played by John Magaro and Orion Lee) as they start a makeshift business selling "oily cakes" to pioneers starved for any kind of food with actual flavor and flair. Reichardt's slow, methodical approach allows for plenty of time to develop the central friendship while also steadily building suspense over the pair's secretive theft of milk from the only cow in the Oregon territory, owned by a wealthy Englishman (Toby Jones). First Cow is streaming on Showtime ($8.99 per month after a 30-day free trial) and is available for digital purchase ($7.99+) and rental ($3.99+) at Amazon, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu, and other outlets. Dick Johnson Is Dead Filmmaker Kirsten Johnson puts her own father in the spotlight in this deeply personal documentary, in which the younger Johnson confronts her father's mortality (He's been diagnosed with dementia.) by imagining and enacting absurd scenarios for his potential death. The elder Johnson, a retired psychiatrist, gamely participates in his daughter's elaborate fantasies, which serve as an emotionally cathartic coping mechanism for both father and child (and, by extension, the audience). Dick Johnson Is Dead is streaming on Netflix ($8.99+ per month). City Hall Frederick Wiseman has been making straightforward, unadorned documentaries about American institutions since 1967, and his latest is a four-and-a-half-hour documentary about Boston's city government. By depicting the inner workings of bureaucracy in careful detail, Wiseman gives his audience a glimpse into how municipalities function on a daily basis, from long, monotonous meetings to impassioned arguments at public comment sessions. City Hall is streaming for free through January 19, 2021 on the PBS website and is available in virtual theatrical release ($12) via Eventive. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom The late Chadwick Boseman gives his final performance in this music-focused drama based on the August Wilson play. The movie takes place over the course of a single day in 1927 when renowned blues singer (and ornery diva) Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) is recording a few songs with her band. Boseman plays an ambitious trumpeter who clashes with Ma, in a showcase for two powerhouse performances that serves as a rumination on pride and regret. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is streaming on Netflix ($8.99+ per month). See details

What Are “Best Friends” on Nintendo Switch? Posted: 26 Dec 2020 10:36 AM PST On a Nintendo Switch, you can mark certain friends as your "Best Friends." These people are your core group of trusted friends. Here's what a Best Friend is and how to take full advantage of the special status in Settings. What Does the "Best Friends" Feature Do? "Best Friend" status on the Nintendo Switch is partly a way to "favorite" a friend. It's a way to mark your closest friends on the Switch so that they always appear at the top of your friends list. Your Best Friends will have a star in their icon on your friends list. The Best Friends status also enables you to share your online status and play activity with only a core group of trusted friends if you make certain changes in your settings. RELATED: How to Add Friends on the Nintendo Switch How to Make Someone a Best Friend on the Nintendo Switch Making someone a Best Friend is easy on the Switch. First, the person you'd like to give "Best Friend" status to needs to be a regular friend. So if you haven't done so, add them as a friend first. Once the person is friended, press the "Home" button to navigate to the Home screen. Visit your user profile by selecting your player icon in the upper-left corner of the screen. In the sidebar menu of your profile page, select "Friend List." Then browse through the friend list on the right portion of the screen and select the person you'd like to make a Best Friend. Under the friend's name, you'll see a "Best Friends" option. Select it and press the "A" button. The star will fill in, showing that the player is now marked as a Best Friend. Push the "B" button to go back one screen. Back on the friends list, you'll notice that any Best Friends will have a star in the upper-left corner of their player icon. You'll also notice that any friends marked "Best Friend" will always appear at the front (or top) of your Friend List ahead of regular friends. Would you expect anything less for a best friend? I think not! How to Share or View Statuses, Activity, and Invitations with Best Friends Only Now that you have a Best Friend (or several), you can explore some of the advanced benefits that being Best Friends can bring. For example, the Switch lets you share your online status or play activity with only your Best Friends. That way, only your core group of friends will know when you're playing your Switch—and what you've been playing on it. Here's an overview of each option and what it does. If you'd like to display your play activity (the list of games you've played recently) to your Best Friends only, then pull up your profile page (your avatar icon on the Home screen) and navigate to User Settings > Play Activity Settings. Select "Display play activity to" and choose "Best Friends." If you'd like for only your Best Friends to know when you're online, open your profile page, then navigate to User Settings > Friend Settings. Select "Display online status to" and choose "Best Friends." If you'd like to see pop-up notifications only when Best Friends go online (but not any other friends), then pull up your profile page and navigate to User Settings > Friend Settings > Friend-Notification Settings and choose "Notify When Friends Go Online." In the list that appears, select "Best Friends Only." And finally, if you'd like to see game invitation notifications from Best Friends only, visit your profile page and navigate to User Settings > Friend Settings > Friend-Notification Settings and choose "Invite Notifications." Select "Best Friends Only" from the list. As you can see, setting (or being) a Best Friend can have great benefits on the Switch. It can work as a way to filter out casual friends, preserve some privacy, or reduce notification interruptions. Happy gaming! See details

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