Zach was an Author at Android Police from January 2022 to June 2025. He specialized in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, smart home devices, and Android services. Zach loves unique and ...

Back in December, we learned that governments and law enforcement agencies are able to spy on your smartphone activity by requesting your push notification data from Apple or Google. Very cool and ...

Google Chrome is updating how it handles site notifications to reduce spam -- automatically revoking permissions for inactive ...

Despite the proliferation of tailor-made apps, simple web browsing still tops the list of things people do with their smartphones, tablets, and computers. It is also likely that a good percentage of ...

You’re leaving the office, when your phone dings. A nearby store is having a sale on a smartwatch, and an app displays a coupon for 20% off. You head right over. You’ve responded to a push promotion, ...

Any time a company sends a push notification to an iPhone, its application can gather information about the user, including their location, according to security researchers. Meta and TikTok ...

Some governments are spying on push notifications sent to iPhone users, Apple confirmed Wednesday. By examining logs of push notifications sent by various apps, authorities can piece together ...

A Push Notification is a pop-up message that appears whenever new content is added to an app or a website. You can configure push notifications for different websites ...

The average US smartphone user gets about 46 push notifications a day, according to app analysis firm Business of Apps. OK, let's do some math: There are more than 1.46 billion active iPhone users ...

You're leaving the office, when your phone dings. A nearby store is having a sale on a smartwatch, and an app displays a ...

A little over a year ago, Matt Taylor began to feel like he was getting a few too many push notifications from the BBC News app. It’s a feeling many of us can probably relate to. Many people, myself ...