Windows 10 for phone and actionable-notifications in the new Alarms app

Windows 10 actionable-notifications

For some time at present there take been reports that and so-called 'actionable notifications' were headed for Windows and Windows Phone. That characteristic is finally here with Windows 10.

Actionable notifications are Toast alerts that a user can collaborate with instead of simply dismissing. For case, nosotros already know that Skype and Messaging are merging in Windows 10 as an updatable app. When a message comes in from a user, yous can respond inline to that message without having to launch the app. That app is not nonetheless present in Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 for phones, but the new Alarms app is and we'll show you lot how it works.

The new Alarms app is a major overhaul to the barren one plant today in Windows Telephone 8.1. Much like the new Calculator app, Alarms has many new features, including:

Alarms
World Clock (pinnable locations)
Timer (pinnable)
Stopwatch (pinnable)

The ability to pin a Live Tile of the time in Tokyo or anywhere in the world is super useful. Likewise for the Timer and Stopwatch ability, which is a frequently used tool for many people on smartphones.

Alarms pinned in Windows 10 for phone

The app also embraces the new Mod 2.0 look in Windows 10 with smaller fonts and hollowed, wire icons. We are sure there are more changes coming to Alarms over the coming months, but for now, we call back it looks solid.

For Alarm notifications, users are given a 'Dismiss' push correct on the Toast alert as it comes in. Currently, Windows Phone 8.1 has a similar system, but information technology is a unlike dialog screen than a typical warning. With Windows x the Toast notifications are universal, and they can have buttons or text entry boxes added to them past the programmer (and nosotros assume third-party devs too).

Alarms in Windows 10

Sliding upwardly on the Toast notification silences the alarm and puts it into the Notification Heart. Equally nosotros described last night, you lot can and so aggrandize the notification and there too you find a 'Dismiss' button.

There is much left in Windows x for telephone that needs to exist done, but greater command over alerts and notifications is high on the list. Watch the video above to see how information technology all works and let us know what you lot think in comments!

Stopwatch in Windows 10