Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are operable to display content related to an application using side display screens installed on a multi-display mobile device. As such, embodiments of the present invention can make use of the display surface areas associated with side display screens to render content (e.g., notifications associated with an application) in a power efficient manner. Also, by using separate display buffers for side display screens, embodiments of the present invention can independently render content while other components of the mobile device (e.g., the main display screen) operate within low power mode or “sleep state.” As such, by using side display screen in this fashion, embodiments of the present invention can efficiently utilize the power and computational resources of the mobile device.