Android 15 will arrive on phones in the next few weeks. The upcoming update is creating excitement with its new features and improvements. Hints from the source code, released earlier this month, ...

Google appears to be toying with a new take on notification icons in the status bar which, instead of the current look, would use the full-color app icons from your Android homescreen. The Android ...

In 2026, the notification situation has clearly gotten out of hand. The sheer number of apps on the average person's device means that, potentially, you could scroll for hours before you ever find the ...

Learn how to use DoNotNotify to block Android notifications selectively. Filter spam alerts, and stay focused without ...

Google is considering changing which icons Android will use to show notifications in the status bar, notifications shelf, and always-on display. The company is experimenting with using apps’ main ...

I don’t want to embarrass you, but the top of your phone’s screen is, like, totally a waste of space. For years now, y’see, Android device-makers have been designing devices with a circular cutout ...

Google rolled out the Android 16 Beta 1 update earlier in January. At the time, the search engine giant announced that Android 16 would bring a new feature called “Live Updates” or “Live Notifications ...

I was no longer scrambling to figure out what I’d missed ...

We successfully activated Android 16’s Live Updates feature, allowing us to showcase what live notifications will look like. Live Updates is a new class of notifications for ongoing activities like ...

The Android notification area is a place to see information about missed calls, incoming email messages, music that’s currently playing, and all sorts of other information. If you happen to have a ...

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Conor has been staunchly in favor of Android since graduating to a smartphone from his hot pink Motorola RAZR. In fact, he'll gladly ruin a friendly dinner in service of lambasting Apple devices to ...