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.

The Android Show: I/O Edition gave us our first look at Android 16, but the rumored splitting of the Quick Settings and Notifications panel was seemingly absent. However, it looks like the feature is ...

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Google may be developing “Magic Actions” for Android, an AI-powered enhancement to notification actions that could leverage the Gemini AI model. This new feature, which we spotted in Android 16 code, ...

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, ...

A new Android feature designed to hide notifications containing things like 2FA codes is blocking Phone Link from showing them on connected PCs. A new Android feature designed to hide notifications ...

After rolling out “Talk Live about this” last week, Gemini Live is now starting to use phone call-style notifications on Android. Previously, starting Gemini Live and exiting the fullscreen UI would ...

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With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. A day after Apple announced iOS 26 at WWDC ...