Badge app icon là gì

Chắc hẳn “biểu tượng số màu đỏ” nhắc nhở lượng thông báo trong ứng dụng khiến nhiều người khó chịu. Bài viết này sẽ hướng dẫn bạn tắt tính năng này!

Biểu tượng số màu đỏ hiển thị trên các ứng dụng, Settings hoặc App Store trên iPhone, iPad để thông báo cho người dùng biết còn một số lượng các thông báo, tiến trình chưa được thực hiện. Những biểu tượng này được gọi là “Badge App Icon”.

Những biểu tượng này với những ứng dụng như Gmail, Messenger hay Facebook sẽ hiển thị rất nhiều. Đơn cử như ứng dụng Gmail có thể hiển thị con số hàng ngàn trên ứng dụng bằng màu đỏ nhìn rất khó chịu nếu như bạn có nhiều mail chưa đọc, đặc biệt là những mail rác. Nếu bạn không thích biểu tượng số màu đỏ khó chịu này hiển thị trên các ứng dụng này thì bài viết dưới đây sẽ hướng dẫn bạn cách rất đơn giản để tắt nó đi đấy.

Để tắt được chức năng này trên các ứng dụng mong muốn, các bạn làm theo các bước sau:

Bước 1: Từ ngoài màn hình chính, bạn hãy truy cập vào Settings, sau đó chọn vào Notifications.

Bước 2: Ở đây bạn sẽ thấy tất cả các ứng dụng được cài đặt hoặc mặc định trên iPhone. Bạn muốn tắt biểu tượng số đỏ đó trên ứng dụng nào hãy chọn vào ứng dụng đó. Ở đây mình chọn ứng dụng Gmail.

Bước 3: Ở mục “Badge App Icon”, hãy gạt sang trái để tắt chức năng này trên ứng dụng đi.

Bước 4: Giờ hãy ra ngoài màn hình chính và kiểm tra đi nào. Biểu tượng số màu đỏ trên ứng dụng đó đã được tắt rồi đấy. Các thông báo mới về ứng dụng mà bạn mới tắt vẫn hiển thị thông báo bình thường, chỉ có biểu tượng số màu đỏ là ẩn đi thôi nên các bạn cứ yên tâm.

Bạn hãy tiến hành trên các ứng dụng khác tương tự, chỉ nên giữ lại trên những ứng dụng bạn hay sử dụng để cho giao diện iPhone được hài hòa hơn. Mong rằng thủ thuật này hữu ích với bạn, và đừng quên chia sẻ với bạn bè của mình nhé!

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Every day, you likely see something on your smartphone screen that you don’t know the name for—app icon badges.

In 2021, there were over 6.6 billion smartphone users around the world, and that number is expected to climb to over 7.1 billion by 2024.*  For each smartphone, the average user has over 80 apps and spends nearly three hours a day using them.*  Apps are deeply ingrained in our digital culture, and because of that, so are app icon badges.

We’ll take a closer look at app icon badges—a type of notification—and talk about what they are, how they function, and how mobile marketers can drive user engagement through the power of a simple red dot.

What Is an App Icon Badge?

Before we talk about what app icon badges do, let’s quickly touch on what an app icon is. They’re the small icons on your smartphone screen typically made from an app’s logo, the icons you click to launch an app. 

An app icon badge is the little red dot that appears in the corner of an app icon. Inside the red circle, you’ll generally find a number printed in white text. That’s called the badge count. 

These fancy terms describe a simple function. The app icon badge tells you there’s a new notification or message waiting for you when you open the app, and the badge count tells you how many notifications there are.

Why App Icon Badges Matter for Mobile Marketers

Smartphone users receive an average of 47 push notifications a day. They also check their phones 63 times a day

That’s a lot. 

People are curious and deeply attached to all things digital and visual. That’s probably why something as simple as an app icon badge can be surprisingly difficult to ignore.

App icon badges are an indication to users that there’s something important, interesting, or stimulating to see if they launch the app. If you use these badges judiciously, you can frequently remind users to engage with your brand.

How Are App Icon Badges Used?

Although app icon badges are a ubiquitous part of the mobile user experience, they’re best used under specific circumstances and by certain types of apps. 

Here are a few use cases where app icon badges often play a role:

    • Chat and social apps: New messages have arrived or new interactions have happened
    • Email: You’ve got mail! [So much mail]
    • Mobile games: It’s time for your next player action
  • Video and audio apps: Your upload [or download] has finished

Think of badges as a tool to indicate something your user actively wants to stay informed about, like how many emails they’ve received, how many friends have tried to hit them up on Snapchat, or whether some noob just beat their high score. 

Ways App Icon Badges Drive Customer Engagement

App icon badges are subtler than push notifications or audible notifications. Because they’re delivered silently and don’t appear until users decide to check their phones, users tend to find them useful rather than distracting.

In fact, our curiosity, desire to be informed, and urge to complete things are all part of the human behavior that makes app icon badges a valuable customer engagement tool.

1. We Can’t Resist Notifications

Neuroscience research has shown that information is a reward for the human brain.* We’re driven by curiosity, and that may explain why we can’t resist finding out what a new notification on our smartphone is all about. To us, that red dot on our app icon may be as irresistible as a red laser pointer dot is to a cat.

But curious though we may be, there is such a thing as too many notifications. Our data science team discovered that 28% of consumers will uninstall an app if they receive too many notifications or ads.

2. We’re Powered by FOMO

This one’s particularly relevant when it comes to games or social media apps. If there’s a community involved — and especially if we have friends in that community — FOMO [that’s “fear of missing out”] kicks in. Science has discovered a direct link between FOMO and high levels of social media engagement.*

An app badge in a mobile game app might mean that someone’s thrown down the virtual gauntlet by beating your high score. On a shopping app, it could mean we have a new shipping notification. Either way, customers are likely to engage with your app if they fear they might be missing something good.

3. We’re Driven To Complete Things

The average smartphone user taps, swipes, or clicks 2,617 times a day, and the top 10% of smartphone users interact with their phones over twice as often.* 

Curiosity powers much of that interaction, but it’s also possible that sometimes we just don’t like to leave things unfinished, and app icon badges often mean there’s something that needs our attention.

How To Use App Icon Badges: Best Practices for Mobile Marketing

For marketers, there’s more power than you might imagine behind app icon badges. Put something valuable behind that little red dot each time your user clicks, and you’ll build an effective long-term customer engagement strategy

The following best practices will make your app “sticky” and build meaningful connections between your users and your brand.

1. Remind Users To Engage With Your App

App icon badges are user-friendly because they don’t cause interruptions in the same way audible or pop-up notifications do. Savvy marketers use them to remind their users—without outright annoying them—that something good awaits if they launch the app. 

2. Use App Icon Badges With Push Notifications

Badging can complement your push notification strategy—the two functions often work in tandem. Badges can alert a user to push notifications that await them. As the number of notifications increases, so will the badge counter, which serves as a regular reminder that there’s unseen content behind the next tap. 

Related: The Right Way To Do In-App Notifications

3. Associate App Icon Badges With In-App Features

Although badges are often tied to push notifications, they don’t have to be. 

Badges can appear without an accompanying push notification, especially when they’re tied to an in-app feature that your user will navigate to like a message inbox, news feed, or in-app event landing page.

4. Keep Your Badge Count Low

No one wants to feel like notifications are “blowing up” their phone. Although badges are pretty unintrusive, users may find a high number of pending notifications overwhelming, much like having 2,000 unread emails in your inbox.

Of course, the number of notifications we tolerate depends on the app. Although we might feel flattered by a significant badge count on dating or chat apps, double-digit notifications from a budgeting or banking app might make us worry that there’s trouble with our finances. 

Empathize with your users when you develop your badging strategy to get a better idea about how many badge notifications may be too many.

The Subtle Impact of App Icon Badges

Anyone who has ever fought the urge to resist an unread message notification knows just how effective badges and badge counters can be. As unobtrusive as they are, badges are hard to ignore. 

By thoughtfully working badging into your messaging strategy, you can encourage users to stay active and engaged with your app, all without a sound or a pop-up. You might say app icon badges are one app feature that most users don’t mind and few can resist.

Last updated on March 15, 2022

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