Using Bria's interface

Navigating the app

Android phone interface

Bria has navigation tabs at the bottom, and the menu button at the top left corner where users can go to Settings or exit from the app. Bria also uses the Android Back, Home, and Overview buttons for navigation.

When you tap Menu, you will see your avatar photo, name, and options for Settings, Log out and Exit. To change the photo or name, log into Bria Portal and follow steps in Managing your Bria profile.

Android tablet interface

Bria supports both vertical and horizontal views on tablets.

The tablet interface has three sections: a tool bar at the top, navigation tabs on the left pane, and the content panel on the right pane. The menu button at the top left corner allows users to go to Settings or exit from the app. Bria also uses the Android Back, Home, and Overview buttons for navigation.

Chromebooks

When using Bria on a Chromebook, you can use Bria in either phone or tablet mode. Stretch Bria to view it in tablet mode, shrink Bria to return it back to phone mode.

Notifications

Notifications for Bria show up in the Android notification drawer.

Android phone

Android tablet

Android Oreo Channel notifications

Bria supports notification channels for devices running so you can decide how Bria sends notifications based on how important they are to you. Read more if your device is on Android Oreo.

On devices running Android Oreo, Bria notifications are divided into channels. Bria has a default for each channel that determines whether your device displays peek notifications, makes sounds, vibrates, shows a badge on the launcher icon, or uses LED notifications. If you would like the behavior to be different from the defaults, go to Preferences – Incoming Calls and tap on Incoming Call Notification Settings. The Android notification channels for Bria opens.

Some devices running Android Oreo only support text tones and not ringtones in Android notification channels. When you install Bria, the default ringtone is set to a custom distinct ringtone. If you are using a device that does not support ringtones and you choose a text tone, you can only go back to the Bria distinct ringtone by reinstalling Bria.

For Xiaomi MIUI 10 devices, you may need to Enable Sound in the native Android OS settings.

Notification channels and default attributes
Attributes	Calls	Messages	Voice Mail	Reminders	Requests	Connectivity	Service Messages
Importance	High	Urgent	High	Urgent	High	Medium	Low
Ringtone: Default for the channel	None*	Default	Default	Default	Default	n/a	n/a
Vibration	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Show badge	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
LED notification	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No

* The default ringtone for incoming calls is set in Bria.

There are four importance levels you can set for each channel.

Urgent: Notifications show a peek notification and make a sound
High: Notifications make a sound
Medium: Notifications do not make a sound
Low: Notifications give no audio or visual interruption

To change the default settings, go to device Settings > Apps & Notifications > App info > Bria > App notifications > General notifications.

The Alert Sound, Alert Vibration, Alert Text Tone, and Use LED Notifications settings have been removed from Settings > Preferences > Messaging and Settings > Preferences > Additional on all devices running Android Oreo and higher.

You can add the Bria widget to your home screen. The Bria widget allows you quick access to each tab of Bria. The widget does not show a badge for unread messages or missed calls.

To add the widget to the home screen, go to the widgets library on your device, look for Bria, hold down the Bria icon, and drop it on to the home screen.

Online help

Online help can be accessed from the Settings menu.