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 ...

I bet we all have a love/hate relationship with notifications. They’ve become a necessary part of our digital lives, yet they can also be endlessly annoying and overwhelming if not controlled. While ...

Samsung appears to be preparing a long overdue fix for one of the most frustrating parts of living with a Galaxy phone: the constant drip of spammy notification ads from otherwise legitimate apps.

Google's next big Android version has an extremely useful new nuisance-reducer — and with a teensy bit of crafty configuration, you can bring a similar superpower to any Android device this instant.

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Moving into a new Android phone has gotten a lot easier over the years. Long gone are the days of connecting two phones with a ...

Google's Android 16 QPR2 update arrived in December 2025 with AI-powered notification management that groups low-priority alerts and summarizes group chats..