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 USB cable and waiting as your texts, call log, and photos trickle from ...

Notification channels are a feature that first came into Android way back in 2017’s Android 8 (Oreo) era, many Android ...

Notifications are the bane of my existence on any phone, tablet, computer, or screen I use. I rely on them daily to talk to my family, manage my work inbox and tasks, get alerted if anything is wrong ...

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

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 ...

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

The next major version of Android could include a feature that gives users much more granular control of app notification privacy. First spotted in an early developer build of Android 17 by Android ...

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 ...