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, ...

The modern smartphone is a powerful little tool. But what makes it different from mobile phones of yesteryear is the capability to install third-party apps, letting users truly explore the machine's ...

Google is working on a new Android feature that automatically summarizes notifications for you. Unlike Apple’s notification summaries feature, Google’s version will only summarize conversation ...

Ah, notifications. Has any other technological wonder managed to be so incredibly helpful and so impossibly irritating at the same time? Notifications truly are one of our smartphones’ greatest ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

The year was 2009. There were only two Marvel movies so far, Avatar came out, and Apple was launching the iPhone 3GS. It had a brand-new push-notification system that, among other things, would ...

Master the art of tailor-made alerts and never miss an important notification again You can set different notification sounds for calls, emails, messages, and each ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Moving into a new Android phone has gotten a lot easier over the years. Long gone are the days of connecting two phones with a ...

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