Android 15 will arrive on phones in the next few weeks. The upcoming update is creating excitement with its new features and improvements. Hints from the source code, released earlier this month, ...

In 2026, the notification situation has clearly gotten out of hand. The sheer number of apps on the average person's device means that, potentially, you could scroll for hours before you ever find the ...

Google rolled out the Android 16 Beta 1 update earlier in January. At the time, the search engine giant announced that Android 16 would bring a new feature called “Live Updates” or “Live Notifications ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Android 16 will introduce Notification cooldown, which gradually decreases alert volume from repeated app pings. It will also hide ...

Google is working on a significant revamp of Android’s notification and Quick Settings panels for Android 16. The new design for both panels doesn’t take up the entire screen, which is nice. However, ...

Google released a new Android 16 beta earlier this week and, hiding beneath the scenes, there are more new features and changes in the works including custom icon shapes for the app launcher, a ...

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I bet we all have a love/hate relationship with notifications. They’ve become a necessary part of our digital lives, yet they can also be endlessly annoying and overwhelming if not controlled. While ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. When Samsung rolled out One UI 7 earlier this year, the Now Bar and its Live Notifications made their debut with a lot of promise, ...