Snowball

Snowball

All your messages in one place (on Android)

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This is the 2nd launch from Snowball. View more

Snowball Smart Notifications

Get the notifications you want and none of the rest
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Snowball Smart Notifications gallery image
Snowball Smart Notifications gallery image
Snowball Smart Notifications gallery image
Snowball Smart Notifications gallery image
Snowball Smart Notifications gallery image
Snowball Smart Notifications gallery image
Launch tags:
AndroidMessagingTech
Launch Team

What do you think? …

Anish Acharya
Thanks Chris; founder here ... hope you all enjoy the app, let me know if you have any questions or comments!
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This really looks great, @illscience. Congrats on the launch! I only wish I had Android friends to recommend this to ;-)
Chris Messina
@illscience what's the hardest part about prioritizing notifications? Do apps provide any signals, or do they all look the same to Snowball? What indicators or signals in the notifications themselves help you prioritize them? IOW, what's your algorithm look like, without giving away any top secrets?
Anish Acharya
@chrismessina @illscience well, we start with some intelligent defaults and then start with the obvious stuff on the predictive side: i.e. what's the ratio of notifications received to app opens? this is complicated by the fact that some high value notifications ("leave now to get to your next meeting on time") don't drive an app open. context also matters a lot -- a notification that's relevant at home could be irrelevant or bothersome at work. ultimately users are in control and we err on the side of caution to preserve trust.
Allen Stone
@illscience I'm digging it. Great design. Great tutorial. Any way to make it work on the lock screen? The normal status bar is there when my screen is locked.
Ed White
@illscience Does this work with Android Wear, too? One of my main complaints is that Android uses wear as an unfiltered dumping ground for notifications instead of taking a more intelligent approach, such as using smart filtering like the kind you see on Snowball. Are we able to use Snowball for Wear notifications instead?
Chris Messina
This is so great — I only wish this existed on iOS! I appreciate the description of the problem too.
Ouriel Ohayon
@chrismessina will soon be built in the OS. just a matter of version
Kevin Li
Really like the thought and care put into this :)