# Navbar Notifications Button

> A button in the navigation bar to pull down the notifications & open the latest

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.phonephreak.loopbutton](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.phonephreak.loopbutton)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.phonephreak.loopbutton`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Phone Phreak
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 22,048
- **Rating:** 4.13 / 5 (136 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-12
- **First published:** 2020-02-11
- **Publisher country:** FI
- **Size:** 734 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonephreak.loopbutton)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.phonephreaksoftware.com/privacy-policy/](http://www.phonephreaksoftware.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

**Navbar Notifications Button** is an innovative Chrome extension designed to enhance your Android device's usability by adding a dedicated notifications button to the navigation bar. This button provides quick access to your notifications, eliminating the need to swipe down from the top of the screen. Simply tap to pull down notifications or customize the button's secondary and double-tap actions to open quick settings or the latest notification.

Note that this extension requires the standard Android navigation bar with Back, Home, and Recents buttons enabled. It isn't compatible with gesture navigation or devices having physical navigation buttons. It also requires accessibility permissions strictly to enable its functionality without processing other data. Certain limitations apply on Huawei and ColorOS 12 devices regarding secondary tap actions. This tool streamlines notification management, making it easier and faster to keep up with your messages from any app.

## Rankings

- #416,654 — Overall

## Review summary

Users appreciate the app for providing a convenient notification access button that enhances usability on large-screen devices and fills gaps left by some phones. The app is praised for simplicity, developer support, and helpful features. However, multiple users report issues with app persistence, compatibility on certain devices or OS versions, and concerns over notification permissions. Feature requests include icon resizing and button positioning. Overall, it is viewed as a useful and effective app with some limitations and room for improvement.

### Pros

- Enables quick access to notifications via a navigation bar button, improving usability on large screen phones.
- Simple, efficient, and easy to use with helpful features like single-tap to view notifications and double-tap to open apps.
- Good customer support with developer responsiveness to user issues and customization requests.
- Works well on various phone models including Samsung, Pixel, and Moto devices.
- Improves user experience by providing functionality missing on some newer phones.

### Cons

- Settings sometimes need to be reset frequently or require troubleshooting to remain active.
- Compatibility issues on certain devices or OS versions (e.g., Oukitel WP35, Oppo with ColorOS 12).
- Requires permissions to read notifications, which raises privacy concerns among some users.
- Some features like icon resizing and left-side button placement are missing or desired by users.
- Recent app updates have caused loss of functionality for some users, leading to reliance on older versions.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.phonephreak.loopbutton)