How to use Live Alerts on a OnePlus (OxygenOS 16)

Device

Android

Shown on

OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Notifications & Quick Settings › Live Alerts

Real screenshots

6 of 6 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

1 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Find the capsule

   Start a timer and go back to the home screen. The capsule at the top shows an hourglass and the time left.

   Done

2. 

   Tap it for the card

   Tap the capsule. A card opens with the time left, the timer name, and pause and close buttons.

   Done

3. 

   See it on the Lock screen

   The same card shows on the Lock screen, above your notifications.

   Done

4. 

   Open the Live Alerts settings

   Go to Settings, Notifications & Quick Settings, and tap Live Alerts. The page says it sends you real-time updates about ride hailing, food deliveries and other services.

   Done

5. 

   Choose what a tap does

   Tap a capsule to was set to View in card on ours. The page also says you can swipe left or right on a capsule to hide it or switch to the next one.

   Done

6. 

   Turn it off for one app

   Under App alerts, each app has its own setting. On ours Google and Phone were On and Maps was Off. Tap an app to change it.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• Called Fluid Cloud before? OnePlus's OxygenOS 14 manual describes Fluid Cloud, which shows live activities such as a timer in bubbles or cards. On our OxygenOS 16 phone the settings page is called Live Alerts. Source: OxygenOS 14.0 User Manual
• An app is not in the list? Ours listed only Google, Maps and Phone under App alerts.

If this does not work

• No capsule for an app? Check that app is On under App alerts.
• Capsule in the way? Swipe left or right on it to hide it, as the settings page says.
• Want to see notifications too? See the notification shade and Quick Settings.

About this guide

When you start a timer and leave the app, OxygenOS keeps the countdown in a capsule in the status bar, on the Lock screen and in a card you can open with one tap.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5.1201 and Android 16, in Dark mode. We started a test timer and stopped it afterwards.

Good to know

Change how the pull-down works: Split or Classic notification shade.

In short: Settings, Notifications & Quick Settings, Live Alerts. Tap a capsule to open its card.