Mishaal Rahman of Android Authority has been digging through the source code, discovering a wealth of new features and changes that aren't quite live yet, but are also quite interesting, like a newly ...

Android 15 will arrive on phones in the next few weeks. The upcoming update is creating excitement with its new features and improvements. Hints from the source code, released earlier this month, ...

With the release of Android 14, Google has removed the ability to long press an icon on the home screen to quickly see notifications from that app. This feature was useful for quickly checking ...

Back in June, Google updated Gmail for Android so that the notification icon is no longer red, but changed course a few days later. Red has been dropped again, but Dynamic Color is not implemented in ...

This change might not seem significant at first glance, but it subtly alters how users manage and view their notifications. In the past, if your notification tray was brimming with alerts, you could ...

Google is working on a new lock screen notification minimalism feature for Android. When enabled, this will shrink notifications so only their icons will show on the lock screen. We spotted this ...

With Android 14, Google removed the ability to long press an icon on the homescreen to quickly see notifications from that app. Previously, you’d be able to see any available notifications from an app ...

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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 ...

Android 16's initial release is available on Pixel phones right now, but it's pretty light on new user-facing features. The big changes are coming with Android 16 QPR1, which is currently in beta. One ...

The status bar on Android phones provides several details about your device. It shows you how full the battery is, if it's connected to Wi-Fi or data, the time, and any missed notifications, such as ...