You can have your phone or tablet make a brief noise, chime, or vibration whenever an app, call, or message notification comes through. Like customizing your ringtone with your favorite song, you can ...

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 has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Android 16's initial release is available on Pixel phones right now, but it's pretty light on new user-facing features. The big ...

The notification drawer on Android can be both useful and distracting because of the sheer number of notifications that come in. You have to manage per-app notifications better through settings or set ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. As evidenced in the latest beta for Android 16, Google is currently working on a new feature for Android, ...

Google is rolling out a new way to conduct Google Messages updates. The update notification takes up your entire display and opens every time you start the app. It’s a not-so-subtle way for Google to ...

So far, Google has done an admirable job of putting generative AI tools on Android smartphones. Earlier today, it announced further refinements to how users interact with Gemini AI assistant and ...

Notification summaries on Apple Intelligence still work for things like messages, and that appears to be the route Google is taking. The beta code suggests the Android feature will only apply to ...