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

With these simple steps, you’ll know who’s trying to reach you just by the sound of the alert. It’s that easy and incredibly convenient. Give it a try, and never miss an important message again.

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For most of us, our alarm going off in the morning (or after a nap) isn't our favorite part of the day. We set alarms because getting out of bed can be a struggle, and many of us need an extra jolt to ...

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 ...

“Never” is a strong word, but so are my feelings about this potential Android 16 change. This week, my colleague Mishaal Rahman revealed that Google is working on an interesting (read: horrible) ...

Android 16 will automatically group all notifications from the same app to create a more organized notification panel. While Android has supported notification grouping for years, it was largely up to ...