Android 16 brought Live Updates notifications, a crucial feature for the most crucial alerts. But no one is using them, not even Google.

Make your phone's notifications more useful and less annoying with these off-the-radar power-user possibilities.

Master the art of tailor-made alerts and never miss an important notification again You can set different notification sounds for calls, emails, messages, and each app on your Android phone. Changing ...

Notifications can definitely be useful, ferrying information to your phone about incoming messages from loved ones, sports scores, and incoming Uber rides. But they can also be a frequent distraction, ...

As initially reported by Mishaal Rahman on Android Authority, Google is planning a major overhaul to the Notification Shade and Quick Settings for Android 16. Should this alteration come to fruition, ...

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Google's next big Android version has an extremely useful new nuisance-reducer — and with a teensy bit of crafty configuration, you can bring a similar superpower to any Android device this instant.

Android 16 is now available in its first Developer Preview phase. One of the new features found on Pixel devices in Android 16 DP1 is Notification Cooldown, which will minimize vibration and noise if ...

Google is preparing support for “summarized” notifications in Android 16, as revealed by code in the third beta update. Android 16’s latest update is out now and, on the surface, there aren’t a ton of ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Moving into a new Android phone has gotten a lot easier over the years. Long gone are the days of connecting two phones with a ...

Google’s Notification cooldown feature should have been the perfect solution. It was introduced with Android 15 in October ...