Google appears to be toying with a new take on notification icons in the status bar which, instead of the current look, would use the full-color app icons from your Android homescreen. The Android ...

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 ...

Following its addition on mobile web in March, the Google app on Android is adding a dedicated “Notifications” feed in its bottom bar. Using a standard bell icon, Notifications joins Discover, Search, ...

Samsung introduced Live Notifications in the Now Bar with One UI 7, but they’re about to get better with One UI 8. These rival Apple’s Live Activities and offer ongoing activities more accessible via ...

Google updated the Android Easter egg in Android 16 to use the new progress-centric notification style, but even in QPR1, notifications from the Easter egg weren’t shown as Live Updates. This is ...

“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) ...

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With about 60 seconds of simple setup, you can have Google's Gemini AI genie sum up your incoming notifications this instant — no matter what Android device you're using. At this point, I think it’s ...

Please add as featured image, and remove the image below. The icons at the top of our Android smartphones have changed a lot ...

I don’t want to embarrass you, but the top of your phone’s screen is, like, totally a waste of space. For years now, y’see, Android device-makers have been designing devices with a circular cutout ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

Samsung’s Now bar in One UI 7 keeps your data safe with Knox Vault, on-device processing, and post-quantum cryptography protecting it. Editorial Note: Talk Android may contain affiliate links on some ...