Google Now Notifications missing

[scottmicklo1]

Using Google Now Launcher, there are no notification "bubbles" on my apps (ie text message, email...) to let me know when I have unread or new. Anyone else have this issue? If so, how can I fix it? Its hard to continually rememeber to check in all my apps... I am using the Note 4.
Am I missing a setting that I havent tried yet? Or is this just the google launcher?

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[SpookDroid]

Were they there before? Not all launchers support 'badges' for app icons, and some require an extra plugin to make it happen. I haven't used Google Now, but if they weren't there before, chances are it just doesn't support those.

 

[scottmicklo1]

Thanks for the feedback. Silly question........ How would i go about looking to see if a plugin is available? I just switched to Google Now, so I am not sure if they are suppose to be there or not,

 

[SpookDroid]

It would tell you in the settings if it needed a plugin (the plugins are made by the same people that make the launcher), I don't believe there are 3rd party apps that add that to a launcher like Google's (other than apps like Notifyer that just create a widget for each app icon instead of, well, app icons).

I found this, but it doesn't seem like a simple solution and not even sure if it needs root or not.
How to get notification badges in Google Now Launcher