You can have your phone or tablet make a brief noise, chime, or vibration whenever an app, call, or message notification ...

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 ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Android 16 will introduce Notification cooldown, which gradually decreases alert volume from repeated app pings. It will also hide ...

Android 17 may introduce Notification Rules, letting users customize alerts by app or contact to reduce distractions and ...

Smart Replies have always been a feature I avoided, but the small changes made in the Android 17 beta have made it something ...

Google is set to give Android 17 a new privacy feature to keep your data safe. The native "App Lock" tool will get an upgrade that blocks sensitive text in notifications. This feature will stop people ...

A new feature was spotted as part of Android 17 for advanced alert management. Android’s notification management system is ...

I'd been doing it for years on every phone I owned. A message tone or vibration meant something needed my attention, and so I ...