Turn notications on or o: In Settings, choose Notications. Turning o Notications
disables all notications for all apps.
Specify which notications you want for Game Center: In Settings, choose
Notications > Game Center, then congure the Sounds, Alerts, and Badges settings.
If Game Center doesn’t appear, turn on Notications.
Set up Game Center information in your Apple account:
1 Sign in to your Apple account by entering your username and password and tapping
Sign In.
If you don’t have an Apple account, you can create one by tapping Create New Account.
2 Tap Agree to accept the Game Center Terms & Conditions.
3 Enter a nickname—the name others will see and know you by.
4 Congure your Game Center settings:
To allow other users to invite you to play a game, leave Allow Game Invites turned Â
on. Otherwise, tap to turn it o.
To allow other users to nd you by your email address, leave Find Me By Email Â
turned on. Otherwise, tap to turn it o.
Verify your account email. You can enter a dierent address if you don’t want to Â
use the one from the Apple account you used to sign in. To conrm this address as
yours, you’ll need to respond to the email that is sent to that address.
To add more email addresses that people can use to contact you in Game Center, Â
tap Add Another Email.
5 Tap Next when your account is congured.
Change account settings:
1 Tap Me at the bottom of the screen, then tap your account banner.
2 Tap View Account.
3 Make your changes, then tap Done.
Sign in to a dierent account:
1 Tap Me, then tap the account banner at the bottom of the screen.
2 Tap Sign Out.
3 Enter the username and password for the account you want to use, then tap Sign In.
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