Samsung will finally let third-party developers harness the Now Bar for their Android apps when One UI 8 rolls out this year.

Google's dynamic Live Updates notification class is fully functional in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta.

Thankfully, a developer option spotted by Android Authority’s Zachary Kew-Denniss in the One UI 8 beta confirms some good news: Samsung will lean into Android 16’s newly introduced “Live Updates” ...

The icons at the top of Android smartphones have changed a lot over time. As features have been added, more icons have appeared, and it can sometimes get confusing. Here's what they all mean. Table of ...

Right now, the code enables adding a pill-shaped icon with custom text and background color to the Android status bar. Some mock notifications Rahman created show how it could be used for things ...

Look at the top right corner of your phone. You might see an icon with “5G” and another with vertical bars showing the strength of your internet connection. Those symbols don’t mean what you ...

This icon in the status bar indicates that your phone is currently connected to a VPN — here's what the service does, and how you can get rid of the indicator if you have it accidentally turned on.

As of now, Google has not confirmed whether it will implement this design change in future versions of Android. The current experimentation with full-color app icons in the status bar is part of a ...

According to what Android Authority discovered, a new feature has emerged in the Android 15 source codes. Accordingly, the status and notification bar icons are getting color with Android 15. As you ...

As you can see, the usual app-supplied notifications icons blend better with the rest of the status bar icons. In contrast, when an app’s main icon is used for a notification, the icon looks out ...

The VPN key icon should disappear from the status bar when the VPN service is stopped. No errors related to initialize inbound/direct [dns-in]: listen tcp should occur. The application should be able ...