How to change notification sounds for text messages . When your messages come through, you want the notification to become loud, clear, and distinctive.

Android has allowed intricate control of not only how notifications from different apps behave but also how different types of notifications within apps act since back in 2017’s Android 8.0 release.

When Android decides its time to cool down your notifications, it'll turn off vibrations and lower the volume of audio alerts for them, and you won't see any previews for notifications on screen. They ...

If you're missing messages, check out these handy steps to help fix your Android notifications. Sometimes it's just a matter of checking (or unchecking) a box.

Android phones include plenty of tools to help you tune out distracting notifications. It takes a little legwork to set it all up, but you’ll be glad you did in the end.

Android 15 allows you to customize your notification settings for each app individually. You can choose to receive notifications silently, turn off the notification sound, or disable vibrations.

The Android 14 QPR2 beta adds support for this, meaning you can now archive an app from the phone's own settings rather than needing to do it through the Play Store app.