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Researcher shows how Android notifications can be a phisher's gold mine

Android notifications are integral to our daily smartphone experience, helping us stay informed about messages, calls, events, news updates, social media activity, and more at a glance. However, it ...
Digital Trends

Here’s how Android 16 could make managing notifications easier than ever

Are you tired of the constant stream of notifications on your Android phone? Google may have a solution in development as part of its Android 16 update. For example, imagine having your notifications ...
Wired

Android’s New Notification Feature Is a Decade Overdue

The year was 2009. There were only two Marvel movies so far, Avatar came out, and Apple was launching the iPhone 3GS. It had a brand-new push-notification system that, among other things, would ...
Android Authority

Android 16 could introduce notification 'Magic Actions' powered by Gemini

Google may be developing “Magic Actions” for Android, an AI-powered enhancement to notification actions that could leverage the Gemini AI model. This new feature, which we spotted in Android 16 code, ...
Android Police

Notification overload to meet its match in Android 16

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...
Android Authority

Android 15 update blocks old notification noise — finally, some peace!

Android now blocks notifications from alerting you if they’re more than two weeks old. This change is enabled starting in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 2. This will reduce how annoying it is to boot up devices ...
Android

Android 15 may soon sync notifications across multiple devices

Google may soon address a longstanding issue faced by users of multiple Android devices. A new “sync notifications across devices” feature, discovered in the latest Android 15 beta update, promises to ...
SlashGear

Future Android Update Could Make Your Notifications More Private Than Ever

The next major version of Android could include a feature that gives users much more granular control of app notification privacy. First spotted in an early developer build of Android 17 by Android ...
Android Police

10 simple Android hacks to declutter your notifications

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...
MUO on MSN

How to recover a notification you accidentally swiped away on Android

That “Clear all” button is not as final as it looks.
Android

How to enable custom notification icons on Android

Android is filled with all kinds of useful features, but some of them are not so well known. Many of you probably don’t know that you can enable custom notification icons on Android, and we’re here to ...