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BIG Notifications

Enlargement of the system notifications. Now you can read them without glasses!

3.5

92 Votes

  • Category Personalization
  • Program license Free
  • Version 1.3.3
  • Size 1 MB
  • Works under: Android
  • Program available in English
  • Content rating Everyone
  • Package name cz.twobig.notifications
  • Program by BIG Launcher
    2BIG s.r.o. Chelčického 686 Rosice 53351 Pardubice Czech Republic

BIG Notifications is an Android application tailored to enhance readability, particularly for individuals with vision impairment.

Enhanced Visibility for Better Accessibility

BIG Notifications is a dedicated application for those who struggle with small text due to visual challenges and need larger fonts on their devices to read text effortlessly. This app primarily enlarges the notification bar's size, improving the overall legibility and accessibility of device notifications.

User-Friendly Features

In addition to displaying a much larger font size, BIG Notifications provides several user-friendly features. Users can respond to messages directly from the notification bar, activate alerts for specific applications, and ascertain which messages are crucial. The app also enables users to display important notifications in full screen, thus offering a tailored and highly accessible notification bar experience.

Customization at Its Best

BIG Notifications gives the power of customization in the hands of its users. Users can select which apps they wish to receive notifications from and set a unique ringtone for each one. This feature helps users identify the sender of a message without even looking at their device. Additionally, the app provides a vibration alert option, which comes in handy in noisy environments or when an extra alert for incoming messages is required.

The application's buttons are also large and customizable to the user's preferences. This focus on customization extends to all features of the app, allowing users to tailor the interface to their specific needs.

Improving Daily Life

BIG Notifications aims to simplify the user's daily life by enhancing their device's accessibility without requiring any changes to the device's settings. It is a tool that redefines how users interact with their device, ensuring that vision impairment does not hinder the user experience.

Pros

  • Enlarges notification font size for enhanced readability
  • Allows users to respond to messages directly from the notification bar
  • Enables alerts for specific apps
  • Customizable features including unique ringtones and vibration alerts
  • Improves device accessibility without changing device settings

Cons

  • May not be necessary for users without visual impairment

v1.3.2

• major update with lots of compatibility fixes

• icons in the notifications list now have color-coded backgrounds

• more options for the auto-hide option of the full-screen notifications (never, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30 seconds)

• fixed freezing of notifications (eg. with system download manager)

• added option to answer to messages directly from the full-screen notifications - similar to BIG SMS for Seniors

Potentially dangerous permissions

  • READ_PHONE_STATE: Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.

Other permissions

  • ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Allows applications to access information about networks.
  • INTERNET: Allows applications to open network sockets.
  • VIBRATE: Allows access to the vibrator.
  • WAKE_LOCK: Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
  • ANDROID.PERMISSION.DISABLE_KEYGUARD
  • com.android.vending.BILLING
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