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 ...

Following backlash from many app users, the change was reversed not much later. Google's back to experimenting again, or so we think, as the red icon in the notification shade has disappeared, but ...

It's easy to adjust your notification settings in Android to have different sounds for text messages, calls—even different sounds for each contact—email, social media, and just about any app ...

BuzzKill's core strength lies in its ability to provide incredibly granular control over how Android notifications behave. While Android itself offers some notification management, BuzzKill takes ...

The ability to specify which specific apps will cause a notification light to appear. Unlike Android 14’s under-development equivalent, this allows you to limit which apps trigger that eye ...

Google is experimenting with replacing notification icons with app icons in Android 15. Android expert Mishaal Rahman, writing for Android Authority, uncovered the changes while exploring the Android ...

There's an option to still receive app notifications but without them showing up on your phone lock screen.This is helpful for cases where you don't want to miss any important alerts, but also don ...

A week after the original change, a new update to Gmail for Android drops the Dynamic Color theming of the notification app icon for the classic red.. Version 2023.06.11.x is rolling out on ...

Alongside the Android 16 update, Google is announcing a new Pixel Drop. Like Android 16, there isn't a ton here. Google says ...

Thankfully, Google is finally following Apple’s lead, and now lets you choose whether to accept notifications the moment you install a new app on Android 13. You should decline them. Your brain ...