Change your Google notifications

To get notifications from the Google app, you’ll need to make sure you have notifications turned on in your phone settings. To check:

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Notifications.
3. Scroll down and tap the Google app.
4. Check that the switch next to “Allow notifications” is set to on.

Important: The “Follow” feature is currently only available in the US.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. Search for a topic that interests you.
3. At the top, next to the topic name, tap Follow.
   • You’ll receive notifications on the followed topic on your device. For more details, refer to this article: Follow a topic on Search & Discover.

You may also receive updates from the Google app about topics of interest based on your past search activity. Learn more about the Web & App Activity settings.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. Tap Tabs Saved.
3. On the Interests page, go to the "Followed" tab.
4. To turn off notifications for the required topic, tap .

Tip: To turn notifications back on, tap .

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the bottom right, tap Notifications.
3. Next to a notification, tap Menu .
4. Select an option, such as “Not interested in ...” or “Turn off notifications for ...”

Tip: Some notifications will have a Turn off or Not interested button when you view them on your phone’s home screen. Tap the button to stop notifications about that topic.

If you want to stop notifications from a specific category, like weather or sports, you can turn off individual categories in Notification settings.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Settings Notifications Notification categories.
   • Important: Users with older app versions may find Manage other notifications instead of Notification categories.
3. Next to the categories you want to turn off, tap Turn off .

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Settings Notifications Go to device settings Notifications.
3. At the top, next to “Allow Notifications”, tap Turn off .

If you enable the Google app Live Activities feature, you can get notifications for live sporting event scores on the lock screen.

1. On your iPhone, open the Google app .
2. Search for the game you want to follow.
3. To get the live score as “Live Activity,” at the bottom of the search results page, click Pin Live Score.
   • The “Pin Live Score” button appears one hour before the game starts.
4. To turn on or off “Live Activities,” go to Settings.
5. Find the Google app.
6. Tap Live Activities.
7. Toggle Allow Live Activities.

Tips:

• To get the “Pin Live Score” button, you might need to log in to the Google app.
• Be sure you have the latest version of the Google app.
  • This feature is available on iOS 16.2 and up.

The availability of Live Activities limits certain sports types and languages.

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google app .
2. At the top right, tap your profile picture or initial Settings Notifications Your notification topics & settings.
   • Important: Users with older app versions may find Manage notifications you opted into instead of Your notification topics & settings.
3. At the top of the page, next to "Use current location," tap Turn off .

Important: If your home or work location is set on Google, you may still get location-based notifications when “Use current location” is turned off. Learn more about how you can update your location settings.