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.

Google Sounds is updating its UI and adding some new sound recordings. Collections are being upgraded from their color ...

One of the more practical new features introduced with this week’s Android 15 preview, Notification Cooldown, helps prevent your phone from incessantly alerting at full volume when a group text gets ...

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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, ...

Google’s Android 12 and 13 have a special feature that allows users to set sound detection notifications so that deaf or hard of hearing users can detect alarms and important sounds otherwise ...

Google is working on a new Android feature named “bundled notifications” that silences and groups together notifications with similar themes. These themes include notifications about promotions, news, ...