The first Android 16 developer preview adds a feature called notification cooldown that gradually lowers the volume of successive notifications from the same app. This feature was first spotted in a ...

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 ...

The Pixel Launcher already lets users swipe down anywhere on their homescreen to pull down the top shade. In Android 12 DP2, Google extends a similar notification swipe gesture to the entire operating ...

The latest Android 15 QPR1 beta introduces a tutorial on how to use touchpad gestures for navigation. Although Google introduced touchpad gestures for navigation in last year’s Android 14 release, it ...

The notification drawer on Android can be both useful and distracting because of the sheer number of notifications that come in. You have to manage per-app notifications better through settings or set ...

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

Google released the first developer preview of Android 13 last night. This early build has some interesting new features like Material You theming for all apps, but thanks to Android sleuth Mishaal ...

How many times have you accidentally dismissed a notification? Well, if you’re like me, you did it too many times to count. If you’re getting a lot of notifications this does tend to happen. The thing ...

As initially reported by Mishaal Rahman on Android Authority, Google is planning a major overhaul to the Notification Shade and Quick Settings for Android 16. Should this alteration come to fruition, ...