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Xiaomi: Turn On or Off Screen Wake for Notifications

If your Xiaomi phone lights up every single time a notification arrives, that constant flashing can drain the battery and get annoying fast, especially at night. On the other hand, if the display stays black and you only hear the notification tone, you might be missing messages you actually want to see right away. Both behaviors come from one single toggle in the lock screen settings.

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Turn Screen Wake for Notifications On or Off auf Xiaomi

On Xiaomi phones running MIUI, the screen wakes up automatically whenever a notification comes in. This is controlled by a single lock screen option, not by individual app settings.

When the option is enabled, every notification briefly turns on the display, showing the notification content even if the phone is locked. When it is disabled, the screen stays black and you only get the sound or vibration you set for that notification, with no visual preview until you pick up the phone.

To change this behavior, open SettingsLock screen and enable or disable Wake Lock screen for notifications.

Turning it off helps save battery and avoids light flashes during the night, which matters if you keep your phone on the nightstand. Turning it on is useful if you want to glance at incoming messages without unlocking the phone each time.

This setting affects all apps at once. If you only want to silence one specific app instead of changing the behavior system-wide, adjust that app's notification settings separately rather than disabling this option globally.

Frequently asked questions

No. Disabling Wake Lock screen for notifications only stops the display from turning on. Sound and vibration for each notification are controlled separately in the app's own notification settings.