Android 17 may introduce notification rules that let you control alerts by app and contact. The feature points to smarter filtering, better prioritization, and fewer unwanted interruptions in everyday ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Google is working on a new Notification Summary feature for Android. It will summarize all the important group conversations and long messages. Managing a large number of notifications at once can be ...

If I told any average person that my Android phone’s notifications could now be sticky, shareable, and extra-smart about snoozing, they’d probably look at me like I was a lunatic. And, let’s be honest ...

A bug in Android notifications can cause the “Open link” button to open a different link than the one displayed. Hidden characters in the messages can confuse the system, causing it to open a link ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...