Heads-up Notifications

4.2
36.7K reviews
1M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

With Heads-up, any device can get the heads-up notifications introduced in the Android 5.0 “Lollipop”, no root required. But according to Addictivetips, this app is much more than just a backport. And according to the users, this app is way better than the original!

HIGHLIGHTS:
Heads-up displays the latest notification as a floating popup, complete with full text and quick actions (4.1+).
Works on everything running Android 3.1 and newer.
You're in control: Heads-up has five pages of customization, so you'll get notified your way.
Pocket detection – when you get a message, Heads-up turns the screen on if you take your phone out of the pocket!
Privacy on the lock screen (and in general - Heads-up doesn't even have internet permission, so it can't send your private data anywhere)

Heads-up is not a lockscreen app, so don't expect it behave like the Lollipop lockscreen.

LANGUAGES:
Heads-up notifications is available in over 20 languages, thanks to an awesome team of translators. As this app isn't supported anymore, new translations will not make it into Heads-up.

COMMON ISSUES:
If no popups appear, please make sure that Heads-up shows up in the list of running services. If it doesn't, make sure you have enabled the service, and then reboot the phone.

Huawei, XIAOMI and MIUI users: please allow Heads-up to display popups under Settings > Apps > Downloaded > Heads-up. It might also be necessary to reset the app data/settings.

This app uses the Device Administrator permission. It is used to work around a bug where the screen doesn't turn off on certain devices, and you should not grant the device admin permission unless you are affected by this bug. If you find that the uninstall button is disabled, this is because you have granted this permission. To revoke this permission so you can uninstall the app, go to System Settings > Security > Device administrators > Heads-up, and tap Disable.

On very old devices (running Android 4.2 and older), this app uses Accessibility services in order to read your notifications. If you have other accessibility services running, they might block Heads-up from receiving your notifications. Please try to disable them if Heads-up doesn't work.

OPEN-SOURCE:
Heads-up is open-source, licensed under GPL!
That means you can make your own version of Heads-up, as long as the resulting app also is open-source.

I don't have time to work on this app anymore, and don't expect answers to questions about the app. Sorry :(
Updated on
Aug 11, 2019

Data safety

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Ratings and reviews

4.2
35K reviews
G5
May 14, 2022
I really like the concept of this app and it does its basic task ok, but I personally would have like the ability to have the option to add a notification tone as well, that would alert me at the same time when the message is popped up on the screen, for times when I am driving down the road and have to focus more on the road, but still want be aware that a message came in that I just missed. If these alert tones could play alongside music over a car stereo connected with USB, would be nice.
18 people found this review helpful
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My device account
February 20, 2023
Free and no ads, but I would like to be able to choose how many lines on notifications I want to see, as at the moment there's only a compact mode checkbox. Also, this must be an Android 11 (LOS 18) limitation, but heads up don't appear while running Settings or immersive apps, but as opposed to Android's stock heads up, you can set the notification to be hidden instead of dismissed if you close it. This app looks like a good replacement for NiLS Notification heads up feature which is broken ATM
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A Google user
June 2, 2019
this app is brilliant! I am currently an iPhone user who has just switched to Samsung and was searching for a way to make the notifications pop up in a way they did on the iPhone, and this is it! once I'd fiddled w the settings a bit to ensure the heads up and Samsung notification didn't show up at the same time it does the job perfectly 😁😁
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What's new

Remove "screen stays on" workaround, see issue #135 on GitHub.

Also, thanks for sticking around for so long, Heads-up is over 5 years old now!