Badge Icons for notifications in apps

[Android Central Question]

So I just switched from having an iPhone since the iPhone 4 to getting the Note 8 a few days ago. While I do love it, I do hate the fact i don't have any Badges showing me how many unread messages I have on my apps, especially my Gmail. Does anyone know how I can enable this?

 

[hallux]

I see you have a Note 8, Samsung allows for this but only on some apps.

Without a Samsung, you generally will need a 3rd-party launcher and possibly an add-in for that launcher. Nova Prime and the accompanying Tesla Unread plugin are highly regarded as the go-to for this but there are certainly others.

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[bialy]

You could bring your gmail account into the samsung email app and it will then show number of unread in badge.
What are advantages / disadvantages in keeping gmail app vs using gmail email address within samsung email app ?

 

[dpham00]

Gmail allows you to change the auto advance settings

 

[bmetelsky]

You could bring your gmail account into the samsung email app and it will then show number of unread in badge.
What are advantages / disadvantages in keeping gmail app vs using gmail email address within samsung email app ?

Gmail also pushes the email, which means yippy get it quicker. The other app, to my knowledge, is not capable of push.

 

[Toxa]

install a theme from SAMSUNG store, and it shows notification badges. I have black onyx theme

 

[Beech_55]

New to the Note 8 but not to Samsung. I just switched from the S6 to the Note 8 and transferred over Nova Launcher and Nova Prime, along with Tesla Unread - but I'm not getting any badge notifications for any of my apps. Is there something I need to do differently? It wasn't a problem with the S6.

 

[ChuckLIII]

Check the Tesla Unread settings to make sure they are enabled. When I transferred my settings from my old phone to the Note8, the badges were turned off.

 

[pinkvikchick]

Hey, this is the closest thread I could find on this subject- I remember I stopped using Nova because I was not able to pin notes to the screen (Back with the 5)

can you yet? I really LOVED nova but I also like my pinned notes....

 

[sandra_17]

... can you yet? I really LOVED nova but I also like my pinned notes....

Nope, not yet. At least not that I've found. Not with S Note or Samsung Notes

 

[Rmedy21]

Gmail allows you to change the auto advance settings

What is auto advance? Where can I find it?