The year was 2009. There were only two Marvel movies so far, Avatar came out, and Apple was launching the iPhone 3GS. It had a brand-new push-notification system that, among other things, would ...

The first Android 16 developer preview adds a feature called notification cooldown that gradually lowers the volume of successive notifications from the same app. This feature was first spotted in a ...

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, ...

Google is working on a new Android feature that automatically summarizes notifications for you. Unlike Apple’s notification summaries feature, Google’s version will only summarize conversation ...

Android 15 is this year’s big Android update, and based on what we’ve seen so far, it’s going to be pretty tame. Just like Android 14, Android 15 isn’t trying to overhaul or reimagine Android. Instead ...

Notifications are how apps get your attention. They appear or pop up on your phone's screen when you permit them, informing you when someone tries to reach you or reminding you of an event. Though, ...

With the dozens of apps on your Android device, chances are you get bombarded with all sorts of notifications all day long. There's a notification from your messaging app, your delivery app, and even ...

A small tweak to Gmail for Android yesterday updated the Android notification so it adopts Dynamic Color theming and no longer defaults to a red icon. Version 2023.05.28.x of Gmail started rolling out ...

Snoozing notifications on your Android phone gives you a brief respite from distracting notifications. You can mute notifications for individual apps, but snoozing notifications means you won't miss ...

Every now and then, a new phone feature comes along that really makes you sit up and say: “Now, that’s cool.” Today, my fellow Android-appreciating animal, is one of those days — quite literally. No ...

Ah, notifications. Has any other technological wonder managed to be so incredibly helpful and so impossibly irritating at the same time? Notifications truly are one of our smartphones’ greatest ...